A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7451 West, latitude 17.9468 North, depth = 8 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 06:21:53 / 6:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/04/20 / 2020-04-19 10:21:53 / April 19, 2020 @ 10:21 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2020110010. Event ids that are associated: pr2020110010.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Guaynabo, Caguas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 6 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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