A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:47:05 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 08:47:05 / July 7, 2015 @ 8:47 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 106 km (66 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15188001. Unique identifier: pr15188001. Exact location of event, depth 106 km, -67.2819° West, 18.3073° North.
Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ponce, Florida, Estancias de Florida (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: 4 km SW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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