A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Guayanilla in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Id of earthquake: pr2020011076. Event ids that are associated: pr2020011076. Exact location, longitude -66.8036° West, latitude 18.0361° North, depth = 11 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.13-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:06:16 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 10:06:16 / January 11, 2020 @ 10:06 am.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Levittown, Bayamón, Arroyo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty, in the last 10 days three hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km NNW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.
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