A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20003050, us70006u2j, pr2020003002. Id of event: pr2020003002. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/01/20 / 2020-01-03 03:41:15 / January 3, 2020 @ 3:41 am. Exact location, longitude -66.8261° West, latitude 17.9006° North, depth = 2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2 km (1 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:41:15 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maunabo, San Juan, Gurabo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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