A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 12:49:33 / January 26, 2020 @ 12:49 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 08:49:33 / 8:49 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020026030. Id of event: pr2020026030. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.7568 West, latitude 17.8863 North, depth = 5 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Antonio, Pájaros, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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