A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/19 / 2019-12-31 23:07:42 / December 31, 2019 @ 11:07 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:07:42 / 7:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8408 West, latitude 17.9226 North, depth = 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19365001, us70006t08, pr2019365044. Id of event: pr2019365044.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Guaynabo, Caguas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 7 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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