A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 08/09/16 / 2016-09-08 07:32:02 / September 8, 2016 @ 7:32 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006mz4. Unique identifier: us10006mz4. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:32:02 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.4293° West, 18.5918° North, depth 14 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 Arecibo, Sabana Grande, Lajas. Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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: 33 km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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