A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60 km (37 miles). Event id: pr2017344003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017344003. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.5583 West, latitude 17.8718 North, depth = 60 km. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:42:00 / 2:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/17 / 2017-12-10 06:42:00 / December 10, 2017 @ 6:42 am.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coco, Cidra, Aguas Buenas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km SSW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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