A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8109° West, 17.9557° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 09:18:54 / January 7, 2020 @ 9:18 am. Event id: us70006vn2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006vn2. The temblor was reported at 05:18:54 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cataño, Guaynabo, Caguas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 4 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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