A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -67.7273° West, latitude 18.8785° North, depth = 68 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:56:48 / 1:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68 km (42 miles). Global time and date of event 16/07/15 / 2015-07-16 18:56:48 / July 16, 2015 @ 6:56 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15197017. Id of event: pr15197017.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Punta Cana, Aguadilla. The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 78 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
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