A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007n0m. Id of event: us60007n0m. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/20 / 2020-02-03 00:34:56 / February 3, 2020 @ 12:34 am. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:34:56 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.14 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10.14 km, -66.6879° West, 17.9359° North.
Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yabucoa, Trujillo Alto, San Juan. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days nine hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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