A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8171 West, latitude 17.9415 North, depth = 8 km. Global time and date of event 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 13:58:03 / January 6, 2020 @ 1:58 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 09:58:03 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020006014. Id of event: pr2020006014.
Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days eighty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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