A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 20:48:11 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.7626 West, latitude 18.019 North, depth = 12 km. Event id: pr2020008004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020008004. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 00:48:11 / January 8, 2020 @ 12:48 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayamón, Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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