A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 19:21:14 / January 7, 2020 @ 7:21 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.818 West, latitude 17.9803 North, depth = 8 km. The temblor was reported at 15:21:14 / 3:21 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020007046. Unique identifier: pr2020007046.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, Toa Alta, San Antonio.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 1 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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