A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/01/17 / 2017-01-22 19:48:00 / January 22, 2017 @ 7:48 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17022008. Id of event: pr17022008. Exact location, longitude -67.6395° West, latitude 18.2623° North, depth = 14 km. The temblor was detected at 14:48:00 / 2:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana Grande, Maricao, Isabela. Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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: 42 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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