A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported Puerto Rico region kilometers (0 miles) from Puerto Rico region on Saturday. Unique identifier: pr16184017. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16184017. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8028 West, latitude 18.9943 North, depth = 8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:57:08 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 06:57:08 / July 2, 2016 @ 6:57 am.
The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Ceiba, San Sebastián. Close 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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