A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.3639° West, 18.9209° North, depth 6 km. The temblor was reported at 02:43:55 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15321003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15321003. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 06:43:55 / November 17, 2015 @ 6:43 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Sebastián, Añasco, Hatillo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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