A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 14:00:30 / January 2, 2017 @ 2:00 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17002002. Id of event: pr17002002. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110 km (68 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.7945 West, latitude 18.1963 North, depth = 110 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:00:30 / 9:00 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Germán, Lajas, Punta Cana. Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 59 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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