A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Penuelas in Puerto Rico. The 3.29-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:21:08 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000719c, pr2020016022. Unique identifier: pr2020016022. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7585 West, latitude 17.9936 North, depth = 14 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 21:21:08 / January 16, 2020 @ 9:21 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Guaynabo, Levittown (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 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 fourty-nine, in the last 10 days four hundred and four, in the past 30 days five hundred and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km SSW of Penuelas, Puerto Rico.
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