A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007bjq. Id of event: us60007bjq. Global time and date of event 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 20:00:04 / January 20, 2020 @ 8:00 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:00:04 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -66.7132 West, latitude 17.8915 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yabucoa, Gurabo, Cataño (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-six, in the past 30 days six hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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