A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/17 / 2017-07-29 22:41:12 / July 29, 2017 @ 10:41 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017210017. Id of event: pr2017210017. The temblor was picked up at 18:41:12 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 56 km, -66.821° West, 19.1768° North.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Camuy, Hatillo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 76 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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