A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 13:26:28 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 17:26:28 / January 26, 2020 @ 5:26 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2020026007. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007gkh, pr2020026007. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9101 West, latitude 17.9875 North, depth = 11 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toa Alta, San Antonio, Cidra (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty, in the past 30 days eight hundred and one and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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