A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: pr2020029006. Event ids that are associated: us60007ins, pr2020029006. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 01:16:11 / January 29, 2020 @ 1:16 am. Exact location of event, longitude -67.8728 West, latitude 19.0361 North, depth = 25 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:16:11 / 8:16 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 87 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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