A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 13:48:29 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15348004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15348004. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.0688° West, 19.1627° North, depth 41 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/15 / 2015-12-14 17:48:29 / December 14, 2015 @ 5:48 pm.
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 Hatillo, Camuy, Quebradillas. Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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