A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17 km (11 miles). Exact location of event, depth 17 km, -67.3516° West, 18.1615° North. Event id: pr16276004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16276004. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/16 / 2016-10-02 21:11:23 / October 2, 2016 @ 9:11 pm UTC/GMT. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:11:23 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Utuado, Peñuelas.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 19 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico.
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