A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.842° West, 17.8608° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 16:29:08 / January 6, 2020 @ 4:29 pm. Unique identifier: us70006v9w. Ids that are associated to the event: pt20006004, us70006v9w. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:29:08 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, San Antonio, Toa Alta.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 13 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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