A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/03/16 / 2016-03-18 01:35:49 / March 18, 2016 @ 1:35 am. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:35:49 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -66.975° West, 18.9955° North. Id of earthquake: pr16078001. Event ids that are associated: pr16078001.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Rincón, Barceloneta. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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