A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16226004. Unique identifier: pr16226004. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/08/16 / 2016-08-13 05:07:41 / August 13, 2016 @ 5:07 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.6027 West, latitude 18.3715 North, depth = 85 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:07:41 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Sabana Grande, Quebradillas.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 37 km W of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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