A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 37 km (23 miles). Global time and date of event 07/06/16 / 2016-06-07 02:08:12 / June 7, 2016 @ 2:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.6567 West, latitude 19.1413 North, depth = 37 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:08:12 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr16159000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16159000.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Barceloneta, Camuy. Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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