A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17024004. Id of event: pr17024004. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.265 West, latitude 19.1088 North, depth = 36 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:18:47 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/17 / 2017-01-24 08:18:47 / January 24, 2017 @ 8:18 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Moca, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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 NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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