A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100 km (62 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/16 / 2016-07-14 09:20:12 / July 14, 2016 @ 9:20 am. Exact location of event, depth 100 km, -65.6147° West, 18.9972° North. The temblor was reported at 05:20:12 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr16196001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16196001.
Close 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 Juan, Carolina, Canovanas. Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Canovanas (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 67 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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