A minor earthquake magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Anasco in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -67.1341° West, 18.3183° North. Id of earthquake: pr2017294001. Event ids that are associated: pr2017294001. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/17 / 2017-10-21 23:42:00 / October 21, 2017 @ 11:42 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:42:00 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Orocovis, Morovis. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 3 km N of Anasco, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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