A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Barceloneta in Puerto Rico on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110 km (68 miles). Unique identifier: pr2017363007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2017363007. Exact location, longitude -66.529° West, latitude 18.4516° North, depth = 110 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:48:09 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/17 / 2017-12-29 19:48:09 / December 29, 2017 @ 7:48 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Cabo Rojo, Las Piedras. Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 1 km E of Barceloneta, Puerto Rico.
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