A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 11:23:13 / January 16, 2020 @ 11:23 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us700070vv. Event ids that are associated: us700070vv. Exact location of event, longitude -66.7393 West, latitude 17.9707 North, depth = 10 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:23:13 / 7:23 am (local time epicenter).
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 Caguas, Bayamón, Sabana Seca. Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-eight, in the past 30 days four hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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 SW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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