A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr15346001. Event ids that are associated: pr15346001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:34:20 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.6778 West, latitude 18.9897 North, depth = 55 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/15 / 2015-12-12 07:34:20 / December 12, 2015 @ 7:34 am.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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