A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Camuy in Puerto Rico. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:37:44 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8876° West, 18.5696° North, depth 81 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/17 / 2017-07-11 06:37:44 / July 11, 2017 @ 6:37 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 81 km (50 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017192002. Unique identifier: pr2017192002.
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (43 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coamo, Sabana Seca, Levittown (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km NNW of Camuy, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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