A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 4 km, -66.6643° West, 17.9188° North. Id of earthquake: pr2020008058. Event ids that are associated: pr2020008058, us70006wmk. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 22:01:47 / January 8, 2020 @ 10:01 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:01:47 / 6:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gurabo, Cataño, Maunabo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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