A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Dorado in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 12:56:51 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr17019003. Unique identifier: pr17019003. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.2471 West, latitude 18.6397 North, depth = 64 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/17 / 2017-01-19 16:56:51 / January 19, 2017 @ 4:56 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64 km (40 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ponce, Maunabo, Arroyo.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km N of Dorado, Puerto Rico.
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