A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7079 West, latitude 17.9192 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 17:13:05 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/05/20 / 2020-05-28 17:13:05 / May 28, 2020 @ 5:13 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a154. Id of event: us6000a154. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Guaynabo, Bayamón.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and seventeen 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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