A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74 km (46 miles). Unique identifier: pr15205007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15205007. Exact location of earthquake, -67.01° West, 18.5783° North, depth 74 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:22:51 / 7:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 11:22:51 / July 24, 2015 @ 11:22 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Orocovis, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 8 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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