A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.6666 West, latitude 18.697 North, depth = 30 km. Event id: pr16239015. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16239015. Global time and date of event 26/08/16 / 2016-08-26 08:13:32 / August 26, 2016 @ 8:13 am UTC/GMT. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:13:32 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30 km (19 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Sebastián, Quebradillas, Punta Cana. Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 59 km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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