A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1016 West, latitude 19.0848 North, depth = 4 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/12/17 / 2017-12-27 22:11:52 / December 27, 2017 @ 10:11 pm. Unique identifier: pr2017361003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2017361003. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:11:52 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Moca, Aguadilla, Hatillo. Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 65 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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