A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Monday. The temblor was detected at 06:49:58 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020006020. Unique identifier: pr2020006020. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 10:49:58 / January 6, 2020 @ 10:49 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -66.8521° West, latitude 17.9223° North, depth = 4 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4 km (2 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naranjito, Vega Baja, Cayey (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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