A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 09:42:09 / 9:42 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/01/17 / 2017-01-22 13:42:09 / January 22, 2017 @ 1:42 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44 km (27 miles). Unique identifier: pr17022006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr17022006. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7543 West, latitude 19.1035 North, depth = 44 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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