A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:29:26 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.7345 West, latitude 17.9813 North, depth = 11 km. Global time and date of event 04/05/20 / 2020-05-04 05:29:26 / May 4, 2020 @ 5:29 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020125018. Unique identifier: pr2020125018. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Guaynabo, Caguas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km SW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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