A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:55:23 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.7983° West, 17.914° North, depth 6 km. Unique identifier: pr2020006009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020006009. The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 11:55:23 / January 6, 2020 @ 11:55 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Alta, Arroyo, Ceiba. Epicenter of the event was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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