A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:29:55 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 20:29:55 / December 16, 2016 @ 8:29 pm. Unique identifier: pr16351007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16351007. Exact location, longitude -67.374° West, latitude 18.8528° North, depth = 6 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Las Marías, Mayagüez, Hatillo. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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