A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Friday. Id of earthquake: pr2020010002. Event ids that are associated: pr2020010002. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/20 / 2020-01-10 04:49:33 / January 10, 2020 @ 4:49 am. The temblor was reported at 00:49:33 / 12:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.7046° West, 17.9336° North, depth 7 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Ingenio, Dorado (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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