A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020070023. Unique identifier: pr2020070023. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/03/20 / 2020-03-10 22:30:51 / March 10, 2020 @ 10:30 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:30:51 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.7048 West, latitude 17.9541 North, depth = 11 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Lorenzo, Cataño, Levittown.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, five hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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