A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:06:12 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16063000. Id of event: pr16063000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 07:06:12 / March 3, 2016 @ 7:06 am. Exact location of earthquake, -67.8872° West, 18.1947° North, depth 123 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 123 km (76 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Moca, Aguadilla, Hormigueros. Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 69 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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