A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 03:22:45 / January 9, 2020 @ 3:22 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:22:45 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70006wr2. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006wr2. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -66.803° West, 17.8268° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana Seca, Bayamón, Caguas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 18 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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