A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/01/20 / 2020-01-22 05:19:21 / January 22, 2020 @ 5:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 13 km, -66.753° West, 17.9376° North. The temblor was detected at 01:19:21 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020022016. Id of event: pr2020022016.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toa Baja, Campanilla, Pájaros. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-nine, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 7 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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