A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Pole Ojea in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: pr2021062005. Event ids that are associated: pr2021062005. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/03/21 / 2021-03-03 19:32:22 / March 3, 2021 @ 7:32 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:32:22 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -67.163° West, 17.9228° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Isabel, Florida, Estancias de Florida (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
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 thirty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, five hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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