A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -66.7688° West, latitude 18.011° North, depth = 6 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 16:00:58 / January 7, 2020 @ 4:00 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 12:00:58 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020007029. Id of event: pr2020007029. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas, Arroyo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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