A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020085016. Unique identifier: pr2020085016. The temblor was detected at 05:53:15 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.7305° West, 18.0088° North, depth 11 km. Global time and date of event 25/03/20 / 2020-03-25 09:53:15 / March 25, 2020 @ 9:53 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caguas, Guaynabo, Levittown (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days ninety-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 2 km NW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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