A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Unique identifier: pr2020025005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020025005. Exact location of event, longitude -66.7308 West, latitude 17.9868 North, depth = 7 km. The temblor was reported at 05:22:45 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 25/01/20 / 2020-01-25 09:22:45 / January 25, 2020 @ 9:22 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Guaynabo, Caguas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 13 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 (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and ten, in the past 30 days seven hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 1 km WSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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