A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 14:16:04 / January 20, 2020 @ 2:16 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:16:04 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7303 West, latitude 17.938 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us60007bc9. Event ids that are associated: us60007bc9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Levittown, Guaynabo, Bayamón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days four hundred and one, in the past 30 days six hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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