A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/16 / 2016-06-15 12:15:52 / June 15, 2016 @ 12:15 pm. Exact location of event, depth 6 km, -67.3466° West, 18.8518° North. Id of earthquake: pr16167009. Event ids that are associated: pr16167009. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:15:52 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Las Marías, Mayagüez (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 five, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 47 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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