A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 01/03/16 / 2016-03-01 08:43:27 / March 1, 2016 @ 8:43 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16061006. Unique identifier: pr16061006. Exact location of earthquake, -66.6406° West, 19.0895° North, depth 43 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:43:27 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 43 km (27 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Isabela, Vega Baja (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 68 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
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