A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/20 / 2020-04-24 19:15:16 / April 24, 2020 @ 7:15 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.7448° West, 18.0023° North, depth 11 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020115019. Unique identifier: pr2020115019. The temblor was detected at 15:15:16 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Patillas, Bayamón, Sabana Seca (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km WNW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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