A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4458 West, latitude 18.4536 North, depth = 20 km. The temblor was reported at 21:21:54 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/05/17 / 2017-05-26 01:21:54 / May 26, 2017 @ 1:21 am. Event id: pr2017146000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017146000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Sabana Grande, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km WNW of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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