A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.729 West, latitude 18.533 North, depth = 90 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Arecibo in Puerto Rico (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/07/16 / 2016-07-10 04:17:22 / July 10, 2016 @ 4:17 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:17:22 / 12:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90 km (56 miles). Unique identifier: at00oa2zwy. Ids that are associated to the event: at00oa2zwy.
Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Isidro, Loíza, San Lorenzo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km NNW of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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