A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 20:39:33 / January 7, 2020 @ 8:39 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8263° West, 17.9225° North, depth 7 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020007057. Unique identifier: pr2020007057. The temblor was detected at 16:39:33 / 4:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Cidra, Guayama. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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