A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 03/03/20 / 2020-03-03 01:17:27 / March 3, 2020 @ 1:17 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:17:27 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 13 km, -66.7465° West, 17.9801° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020063000. Unique identifier: pr2020063000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayamón, Sabana Seca, Patillas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ninety-four, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km WSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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