A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Event id: pr2020011023. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020011023. Exact location of earthquake, -66.7728° West, 17.982° North, depth 8 km. Global time and date of event 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 12:16:29 / January 11, 2020 @ 12:16 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:16:29 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Guaynabo, Levittown (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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