A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 04:06:55 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.3078 West, latitude 18.9873 North, depth = 31 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr16305002. Unique identifier: pr16305002. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/16 / 2016-10-31 08:06:55 / October 31, 2016 @ 8:06 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orocovis, Río Grande, Aguas Buenas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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