A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 09:24:51 / January 3, 2017 @ 9:24 am. Exact location of earthquake, -66.5924° West, 19.096° North, depth 51 km. The temblor was detected at 05:24:51 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr17003000. Event ids that are associated: pr17003000.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ceiba (c. 6 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Vega Baja, Manatí (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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