A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:03:55 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15363005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15363005. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4255 West, latitude 18.1471 North, depth = 6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 12:03:55 / December 29, 2015 @ 12:03 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arecibo, Utuado, Peñuelas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 26 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico.
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