A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.855 West, latitude 19.0158 North, depth = 42 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 02:42:29 / July 2, 2016 @ 2:42 am. The temblor was reported at 22:42:29 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 42 km (26 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16184000. Id of event: pr16184000.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Estancias de Florida, San Sebastián, Manatí (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 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 four, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 58 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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