A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:48:10 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020014024. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020014024. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7341 West, latitude 17.9885 North, depth = 6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/20 / 2020-01-14 00:48:10 / January 14, 2020 @ 12:48 am.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Guaynabo, Caguas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-five, in the last 10 days four hundred and seventy-three, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 2 km WSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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