A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.8168° West, latitude 17.8956° North, depth = 7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2020008012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020008012. The temblor was picked up at 21:39:45 / 9:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 01:39:45 / January 8, 2020 @ 1:39 am.
The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Vega Alta, Vega Baja.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen 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: 10 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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