A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.7206° West, 17.9438° North, depth 8 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 11:39:37 / January 18, 2020 @ 11:39 am. The temblor was reported at 07:39:37 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020018045. Event ids that are associated: pr2020018045.
Epicenter of the event was 14 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ingenio, Patillas, Candelaria Arenas. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-three, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days seven hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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