A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:43:10 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 02:43:10 / January 9, 2020 @ 2:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.761° West, 17.9813° North, depth 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020009001. Id of event: pr2020009001.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Aguas Buenas, Candelaria Arenas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km WSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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