A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 03:15:15 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 07:15:15 / January 27, 2020 @ 7:15 am. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -66.722° West, 17.9528° North. Event id: pr2020027032. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020027032.
The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaynabo, Caguas, Bayamón (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-five, in the last 10 days three hundred and ten, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 4 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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