A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 12:44:07 / July 2, 2016 @ 12:44 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16184021. Id of event: pr16184021. The temblor was reported at 08:44:07 / 8:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.833 West, latitude 19.0069 North, depth = 43 km.
Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 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), 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Lares, Aguada (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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