A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020013055. Unique identifier: pr2020013055. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 05:55:57 / January 13, 2020 @ 5:55 am UTC/GMT. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:55:57 / 1:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.6736° West, 17.9405° North, depth 8 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Rincón, Guaynabo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-eight, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days five hundred and ten and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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