A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/03/16 / 2016-03-24 07:01:45 / March 24, 2016 @ 7:01 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr16084002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16084002. Exact location of event, longitude -66.1019 West, latitude 19.0741 North, depth = 9 km. The temblor was detected at 03:01:45 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaynabo, Pájaros, San Isidro.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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