A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Pole Ojea in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 30 km, -67.7201° West, 17.604° North. The temblor was picked up at 02:00:43 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 07:00:43 / September 9, 2015 @ 7:00 am. Event id: pr15252006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15252006.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Real. The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop). Close 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 two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 70 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico.
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