A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from G. L. Garcia in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/16 / 2016-10-06 07:54:38 / October 6, 2016 @ 7:54 am. The temblor was detected at 03:54:38 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6 km, -66.0804° West, 18.0862° North. Unique identifier: pr16280003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16280003. The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayanilla, Adjuntas, Utuado (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km SSE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico.
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