A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Unique identifier: pr17019002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr17019002. Exact location of event, longitude -65.4486 West, latitude 18.374 North, depth = 108 km. The temblor was reported at 09:41:43 / 9:41 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/01/17 / 2017-01-19 13:41:43 / January 19, 2017 @ 1:41 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 108 km (67 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Candelaria, Arroyo, Cidra (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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