A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 14:27:55 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.1883 West, latitude 18.8323 North, depth = 12 km. Id of earthquake: pr16069002. Event ids that are associated: pr16069002. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/03/16 / 2016-03-09 18:27:55 / March 9, 2016 @ 6:27 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hormigueros, Maricao, Mayagüez (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 38 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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