A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -67.2833° West, 18.8518° North, depth 9 km. Global time and date of event 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 20:29:05 / March 6, 2016 @ 8:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:29:05 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr16066009. Unique identifier: pr16066009.
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maricao, Hormigueros, Lares (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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