A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16073007. Id of event: pr16073007. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.6737° West, latitude 18.2° North, depth = 7 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/03/16 / 2016-03-13 15:41:21 / March 13, 2016 @ 3:41 pm. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:41:21 / 10:41 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana Grande, Isabela, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-nine 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. 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: 47 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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