A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 17:04:09 / January 7, 2020 @ 5:04 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.7456° West, 17.8924° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: usa0006bqy. Id of event: usa0006bqy. The temblor was detected at 13:04:09 / 1:04 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Candelaria, Toa Baja, Campanilla (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight hundred and four, in the last 10 days eight hundred and eighty-six, in the past 30 days eight hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty-three 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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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. 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: 11 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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