A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 11:12:02 / January 6, 2020 @ 11:12 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 07:12:02 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020006026. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020006026. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.7876 West, latitude 17.8875 North, depth = 7 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Arroyo, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days ninety-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 12 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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