A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 19:01:25 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020119024. Id of event: pr2020119024. Exact location of event, longitude -66.7401 West, latitude 18.0091 North, depth = 13 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/04/20 / 2020-04-28 23:01:25 / April 28, 2020 @ 11:01 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Guaynabo, Levittown (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km WNW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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