A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/04/20 / 2020-04-13 10:50:40 / April 13, 2020 @ 10:50 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: pr2020104007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020104007. The temblor was detected at 06:50:40 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.7178 West, latitude 18.0156 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Guaynabo, Levittown (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days ninety-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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