A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 21:42:59 / January 2, 2020 @ 9:42 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8193 West, latitude 17.9106 North, depth = 8 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:42:59 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020002040. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020002040. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Alta, Cidra, Guayama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 9 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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