A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/16 / 2016-10-31 06:43:01 / October 31, 2016 @ 6:43 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59 km (37 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:43:01 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr16305001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16305001. Exact location, longitude -67.3274° West, latitude 18.7973° North, depth = 59 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maricao, Hormigueros, Arecibo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 41 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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