A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 09:33:53 / January 20, 2020 @ 9:33 am. Unique identifier: pr2020020007. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007b99, pr2020020007. The temblor was detected at 05:33:53 / 5:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 6 km, -66.7465° West, 17.9756° North.
The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cataño, Levittown, Guaynabo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety, in the past 30 days six hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km WSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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