A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 20:39:47 / January 20, 2020 @ 8:39 pm. The temblor was picked up at 16:39:47 / 4:39 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007bkl. Id of event: us60007bkl. Exact location, longitude -66.7288° West, latitude 17.9962° North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cataño, Levittown, Guaynabo. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days six hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 1 km W of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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