A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 12:29:08 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -66.833° West, 17.946° North. Global time and date of event 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 16:29:08 / January 6, 2020 @ 4:29 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: pt20006004. Unique identifier: pt20006004.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaynabo, Caguas, Levittown (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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