A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/11/15 / 2015-11-28 17:29:57 / November 28, 2015 @ 5:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.382 West, latitude 18.9645 North, depth = 22 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22 km (14 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:29:57 / 1:29 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15332003. Unique identifier: pr15332003.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camuy, Quebradillas, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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