A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 10:31:56 / December 5, 2016 @ 10:31 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:31:56 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16340012. Id of event: pr16340012. Exact location, longitude -67.3769° West, latitude 18.8167° North, depth = 8 km.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lares, Las Marías, Mayagüez (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Lares (c. 7 200 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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