A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:48:58 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3805 West, latitude 18.7411 North, depth = 7 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr17013007. Unique identifier: pr17013007. Global time and date of event 13/01/17 / 2017-01-13 22:48:58 / January 13, 2017 @ 10:48 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cabo Rojo, Puerto Real, Arecibo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 40 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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