A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 13:13:30 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.7639° West, latitude 17.8694° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: usa0006br2. Unique identifier: usa0006br2. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 17:13:30 / January 7, 2020 @ 5:13 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Alta, Isabela, Vega Baja. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight hundred and five, in the last 10 days eight hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days eight hundred and ninety-six and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 14 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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