A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/12/15 / 2015-12-31 17:32:42 / December 31, 2015 @ 5:32 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:32:42 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.7819 West, latitude 19.066 North, depth = 40 km. Event id: pr15365004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15365004. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40 km (25 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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