A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 02:47:36 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 06:47:36 / January 17, 2020 @ 6:47 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700071il, pr2020017002. Id of event: pr2020017002. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.7425° West, 17.9196° North, depth 7 km.
Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Levittown, Guaynabo, Bayamón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days four hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days five hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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