A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 01/01/17 / 2017-01-01 04:32:29 / January 1, 2017 @ 4:32 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 00:32:29 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr17001002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr17001002. Exact location of event, longitude -65.6244 West, latitude 17.9654 North, depth = 3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Levittown, Candelaria (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km SW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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