A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020008045. Id of event: pr2020008045. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.835 West, latitude 17.96 North, depth = 8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:36:15 / 7:36 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 11:36:15 / January 8, 2020 @ 11:36 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguas Buenas, Ingenio, Candelaria Arenas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 4 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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