A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, Puerto Rico region (0 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:42:07 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 08:42:07 / August 8, 2016 @ 8:42 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -68.009° West, 17.9461° North. Unique identifier: pr16221006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16221006. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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 eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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