A minor earthquake magnitude 3.47 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. The 3.47-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:22:07 / 9:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7315 West, latitude 17.9973 North, depth = 13 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 13:22:07 / January 7, 2020 @ 1:22 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2020007020. Event ids that are associated: us70006vqe, pr2020007020. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cataño, Levittown, Caguas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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