A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 07:49:10 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020008047. Event ids that are associated: pr2020008047. Exact location of event, longitude -66.7621 West, latitude 17.9831 North, depth = 9 km. Global time and date of event 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 11:49:10 / January 8, 2020 @ 11:49 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Guaynabo, Levittown (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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