A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, Puerto Rico kilometers (0 miles) from Puerto Rico. Event id: pr2020008116. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020008116. Exact location of event, longitude -66.7521 West, latitude 17.9955 North, depth = 9 km. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:47:12 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 18:47:12 / January 8, 2020 @ 6:47 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaynabo, Levittown, Patillas. Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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