A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: pr2020007054. Event ids that are associated: us70006vpz, pr2020007054. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 12:54:42 / January 7, 2020 @ 12:54 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:54:42 / 8:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.927 West, latitude 17.9315 North, depth = 8 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caguas, Guaynabo, Levittown (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 2 km NNW of Fuig, Puerto Rico.
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