A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020020019. Id of event: pr2020020019. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7313 West, latitude 17.9681 North, depth = 8 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 00:39:54 / January 20, 2020 @ 12:39 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:39:54 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana Seca, Patillas, Ingenio. Earthquake epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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