A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8175° West, 17.8898° North, depth 7 km. The temblor was reported at 21:20:09 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020008008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020008008. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 01:20:09 / January 8, 2020 @ 1:20 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arroyo, Ceiba, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 11 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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