A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 09:34:59 / January 8, 2020 @ 9:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8446° West, 17.946° North, depth 7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020008071. Event ids that are associated: pr2020008071. The temblor was picked up at 05:34:59 / 5:34 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Ceiba, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel it?
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. 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: 5 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply