A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:43:55 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020006002. Event ids that are associated: pr2020006002. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8253° West, 17.9141° North, depth 9 km. Global time and date of event 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 07:43:55 / January 6, 2020 @ 7:43 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Vega Alta, Cidra. Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days seventy-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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