A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.7718° West, 17.967° North. The temblor was picked up at 12:04:30 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020007019. Event ids that are associated: pr2020007019. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 16:04:30 / January 7, 2020 @ 4:04 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cataño, Levittown, Guaynabo. Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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