A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -67.2587° West, 18.8325° North, depth 14 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17016007. Id of event: pr17016007. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/17 / 2017-01-16 07:32:52 / January 16, 2017 @ 7:32 am. The temblor was detected at 03:32:52 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hormigueros, Maricao, Lares (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 41 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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