A minor earthquake magnitude 3.62 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -66.7273° West, 17.9381° North. Id of earthquake: pr2020020012. Event ids that are associated: pr2020020012, us60007bjn. Global time and date of event 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 19:59:26 / January 20, 2020 @ 7:59 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.62-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:59:26 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cataño, Levittown, Guaynabo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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, in the past 30 days six hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 11 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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