A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Manchioneal in Jamaica on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/03/16 / 2016-03-22 00:43:31 / March 22, 2016 @ 12:43 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005btr. Id of event: us20005btr. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:43:31 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -75.8993 West, latitude 18.1738 North, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Port Antonio (c. 14 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Morant Bay (c. 9 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Yallahs (c. 7 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Jamaica (c. 2 847 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yallahs, Morant Bay, Port Antonio.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 43 km ENE of Manchioneal, Jamaica.
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