A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2020008007. Event ids that are associated: pr2020008007. The temblor was picked up at 21:15:38 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 01:15:38 / January 8, 2020 @ 1:15 am. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8093 West, latitude 17.9358 North, depth = 7 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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