A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -66.663° West, latitude 17.9225° North, depth = 7 km. The temblor was detected at 08:47:18 / 8:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020092021. Event ids that are associated: pr2020092021. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/04/20 / 2020-04-01 12:47:18 / April 1, 2020 @ 12:47 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Rincón, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days ninety-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km SE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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