A minor earthquake magnitude 3.62 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2017287002. Event ids that are associated: pr2017287002, us1000as59. The temblor was detected at 10:33:12 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -67.4765° West, 18.2881° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 14:33:12 / October 14, 2017 @ 2:33 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Peñuelas, Arecibo, Utuado (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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