A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 01:24:36 / January 8, 2020 @ 1:24 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:24:36 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.8096° West, latitude 17.913° North, depth = 7 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020008009. Event ids that are associated: pr2020008009, us70006w5j.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 23 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Vega Alta, Cidra (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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