A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: pr16216005. Event ids that are associated: pr16216005. The temblor was reported at 09:23:13 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30 km (19 miles). Exact location of event, depth 30 km, -66.379° West, 19.1399° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/16 / 2016-08-03 13:23:13 / August 3, 2016 @ 1:23 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). 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 Cataño, Arecibo, Candelaria Arenas.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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