A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/11/15 / 2015-11-26 09:12:54 / November 26, 2015 @ 9:12 am. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:12:54 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.8821° West, latitude 18.878° North, depth = 40 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15330007. Unique identifier: pr15330007. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mayagüez, Dorado, Jayuya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 43 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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