A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Luis M. Cintron in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122 km (76 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:42:49 / 9:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -65.4978 West, latitude 18.3096 North, depth = 122 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007et1, pr16291004, at00of723c. Unique identifier: pr16291004. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/16 / 2016-10-17 13:42:49 / October 17, 2016 @ 1:42 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Barranquitas, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km ENE of Luis M. Cintron, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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