A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Monday. The temblor was detected at 17:37:55 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20006005, us70006vf5, pr2020006030. Id of event: pr2020006030. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 21:37:55 / January 6, 2020 @ 9:37 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -66.835 West, latitude 17.9391 North, depth = 7 km.
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cataño, Guaynabo, Levittown (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days ninety-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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