A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 18:07:44 / January 6, 2020 @ 6:07 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2020006061. Event ids that are associated: pr2020006061. Exact location, longitude -66.8243° West, latitude 17.9058° North, depth = 8 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:07:44 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).
The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Vega Alta, Cidra (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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