A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8171 West, latitude 17.9161 North, depth = 8 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 12:07:31 / January 6, 2020 @ 12:07 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:07:31 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Unique identifier: pr2020006012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020006012.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Vega Alta, Cidra. Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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