A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr16347005. Event ids that are associated: pr16347005. The temblor was reported at 03:05:33 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -65.2622 West, latitude 17.895 North, depth = 9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 07:05:33 / December 12, 2016 @ 7:05 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Juncos, Luquillo, Las Piedras. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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