A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020007067, us70006w24. Unique identifier: pr2020007067. Exact location of earthquake, -66.7893° West, 17.989° North, depth 13 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 22:16:04 / January 7, 2020 @ 10:16 pm. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:16:04 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas, Ingenio (min 5000 pop).
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 sixty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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