A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 05:27:14 / July 2, 2016 @ 5:27 am UTC/GMT. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:27:14 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16184006. Id of event: pr16184006. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -66.8086° West, 19.0188° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Sebastián, Vega Baja, Florida. Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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