A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020011065. Id of event: pr2020011065. Exact location of earthquake, -66.7528° West, 17.9288° North, depth 8 km. Global time and date of event 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 08:10:45 / January 11, 2020 @ 8:10 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:10:45 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Campanilla, San Antonio, Pájaros.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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