A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Monday. Global time and date of event 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 20:00:46 / January 20, 2020 @ 8:00 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us60007bki. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007bki. Exact location, longitude -66.7055° West, latitude 17.9096° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 16:00:46 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Guaynabo, Sabana Seca. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop).
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 eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 9 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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