A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16351008. Unique identifier: pr16351008. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 20:31:15 / December 16, 2016 @ 8:31 pm. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -67.36° West, 18.888° North. The temblor was picked up at 16:31:15 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mayagüez, San Sebastián, Hatillo. The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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