A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4228 West, latitude 18.477 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:33:13 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 14:33:13 / October 14, 2017 @ 2:33 pm. Unique identifier: us1000as59. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000as59. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barceloneta, Jayuya, Florida. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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: 23 km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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