A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17026003. Id of event: pr17026003. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 111 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 111 km, -67.595° West, 18.5216° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/17 / 2017-01-26 04:32:54 / January 26, 2017 @ 4:32 am UTC/GMT. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:32:54 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Camuy, Lajas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km WNW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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