A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 05:08:57 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.7688° West, latitude 17.932° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 09:08:57 / January 7, 2020 @ 9:08 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006vmy. Unique identifier: us70006vmy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gurabo, San Lorenzo, Cataño (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days one hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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