A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 00:43:19 / January 2, 2020 @ 12:43 am. Exact location, longitude -66.8373° West, latitude 17.9235° North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:43:19 / 8:43 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020002005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020002005.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Cidra, Vega Alta. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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