A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -66.7356° West, latitude 17.9606° North, depth = 8 km. The temblor was reported at 01:57:10 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 05:57:10 / January 29, 2020 @ 5:57 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2020029025. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020029025.
Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Bayamón, Sabana Seca (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 thirty-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-seven, in the past 30 days eight hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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