A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020016016. Unique identifier: pr2020016016. The temblor was detected at 14:34:37 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 18:34:37 / January 16, 2020 @ 6:34 pm. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -66.771° West, 17.9968° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Guaynabo, Levittown (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-four, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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