A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Aguas Buenas in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr15306007. Event ids that are associated: pr15306007. Exact location of earthquake, -66.0893° West, 18.228° North, depth 7 km. The temblor was reported at 05:30:20 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/11/15 / 2015-11-02 09:30:20 / November 2, 2015 @ 9:30 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayanilla, Arecibo, Peñuelas. The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 3 km SSE of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico.
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