A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.528° West, 19.1706° North, depth 31 km. The temblor was reported at 07:36:38 / 7:36 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/12/15 / 2015-12-09 11:36:38 / December 9, 2015 @ 11:36 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr15343007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15343007.
Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arecibo, Barceloneta.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days four hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 78 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.
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