A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 08:52:29 / September 9, 2015 @ 8:52 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.7395 West, latitude 18.5949 North, depth = 19 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 19 km (12 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:52:29 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15252009. Unique identifier: pr15252009.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Arroyo, Morovis. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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