A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:02:36 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us600079it, pr2020017013. Unique identifier: pr2020017013. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 22:02:36 / January 17, 2020 @ 10:02 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -66.7666° West, 17.97° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maunabo, Trujillo Alto, Gurabo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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