A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2017351000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017351000. Exact location, longitude -67.3665° West, latitude 18.4546° North, depth = 15 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/17 / 2017-12-17 08:03:42 / December 17, 2017 @ 8:03 am. The temblor was reported at 04:03:42 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayanilla, Adjuntas, Adjuntas (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 17 km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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