A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 122 km, -67.2792° West, 18.1317° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:15:15 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16229001. Id of event: pr16229001. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/16 / 2016-08-16 06:15:15 / August 16, 2016 @ 6:15 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jayuya, Ponce, Arecibo. Epicenter of the event was 72 km (44 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 11 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico.
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