A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:24:45 / 2:24 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15344001. Event ids that are associated: pr15344001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.539 West, latitude 19.1781 North, depth = 41 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 06:24:45 / December 10, 2015 @ 6:24 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barceloneta, Arecibo. Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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