A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3306 West, latitude 18.9383 North, depth = 42 km. Id of earthquake: pr2017358010. Event ids that are associated: pr2017358010. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:54:46 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/12/17 / 2017-12-24 17:54:46 / December 24, 2017 @ 5:54 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42 km (26 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Añasco, Hatillo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 55 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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