A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 22:18:09 / 10:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.568° West, 18.742° North, depth 68 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/01/17 / 2017-01-05 03:18:09 / January 5, 2017 @ 3:18 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr17005001. Unique identifier: pr17005001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Sebastián, Mayagüez, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 55 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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