A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Palmarejo in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Id of earthquake: pr2020012019. Event ids that are associated: us70006yyg, pr2020012019. The 3.57-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:33:43 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 23:33:43 / January 12, 2020 @ 11:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -67.072° West, 17.9965° North, depth 7 km.
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 Barranquitas, Salinas, Morovis. The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km SSE of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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