A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/15 / 2015-12-08 06:02:15 / December 8, 2015 @ 6:02 am. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:02:15 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15342001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15342001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.6498 West, latitude 18.6965 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mayagüez, Añasco, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 57 km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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