A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 109 km, -67.2955° West, 18.3731° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 109 km (68 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:12:40 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/15 / 2015-12-17 02:12:40 / December 17, 2015 @ 2:12 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15351002. Id of event: pr15351002.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Florida, Estancias de Florida, Jayuya. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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