A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/10/16 / 2016-10-10 08:48:54 / October 10, 2016 @ 8:48 am. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:48:54 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.2041° West, latitude 19.0809° North, depth = 53 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 53 km (33 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr16284004. Unique identifier: pr16284004.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Hatillo, Moca (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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