A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, Puerto Rico region kilometers (0 miles) from Puerto Rico region. Exact location of earthquake, -66.152° West, 19.097° North, depth 12 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15260008. Unique identifier: pr15260008. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 11:37:04 / September 17, 2015 @ 11:37 am. The temblor was reported at 11:37:04 / 11:37 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toa Alta, Loíza, Vega Alta. The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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