A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -66.7836° West, 17.9218° North. Event id: pr2020007055. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020007055. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 20:29:21 / January 7, 2020 @ 8:29 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:29:21 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 20 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Alta, Arroyo, Ceiba (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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