A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/17 / 2017-01-24 06:14:12 / January 24, 2017 @ 6:14 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 70 km (43 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17024000. Id of event: pr17024000. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2823 West, latitude 18.6387 North, depth = 70 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:14:12 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Florida, Yauco, Barceloneta.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 25 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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