A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Monday. Unique identifier: pr16299004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16299004. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.8582 West, latitude 18.1553 North, depth = 100 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 100 km (62 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:46:38 / 11:46 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/10/16 / 2016-10-25 04:46:38 / October 25, 2016 @ 4:46 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Hormigueros, Añasco (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six 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.
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