A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/17 / 2017-01-18 03:37:21 / January 18, 2017 @ 3:37 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.146 West, latitude 19.1016 North, depth = 26 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:37:21 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr17018001. Unique identifier: pr17018001.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Campanilla (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Campanilla, Ceiba (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 70 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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