A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7181 West, latitude 18.5886 North, depth = 83 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr15355001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15355001. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/15 / 2015-12-21 05:43:14 / December 21, 2015 @ 5:43 am. The temblor was detected at 01:43:14 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cayey, Santa Isabel, Puerto Real (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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