A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 15:09:40 / January 20, 2020 @ 3:09 pm. The temblor was picked up at 11:09:40 / 11:09 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020020011. Unique identifier: pr2020020011. Exact location, longitude -66.749° West, latitude 17.9653° North, depth = 13 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaynabo, Caguas, Bayamón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days six hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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