A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Global time and date of event 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 07:19:06 / January 11, 2020 @ 7:19 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.731 West, latitude 17.9263 North, depth = 6 km. The 3.58-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:19:06 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020011004. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006y85, pr2020011004.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Guaynabo, Bayamón (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 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), 81 km (50 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 11 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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