A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:36:52 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15340001. Unique identifier: pr15340001. Exact location of event, depth 41 km, -67.387° West, 18.76° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/15 / 2015-12-06 01:36:52 / December 6, 2015 @ 1:36 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana Grande, Lajas, San Germán. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 42 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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