A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 15:58:56 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 19:58:56 / January 7, 2020 @ 7:58 pm. Unique identifier: pr2020007050. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020007050. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8311° West, 17.9186° North, depth 7 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pájaros, Arroyo, San Antonio.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 8 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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