A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Global time and date of event 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 06:52:33 / May 14, 2016 @ 6:52 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.092 West, latitude 18.538 North, depth = 75 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16135000. Id of event: pr16135000. The epicenter was at a depth of 75 km (47 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:52:33 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camuy, Adjuntas, Adjuntas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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