A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 06:03:22 / January 8, 2020 @ 6:03 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020008028. Event ids that are associated: pr2020008028. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:03:22 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8265 West, latitude 17.9538 North, depth = 6 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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