A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 06:46:39 / January 7, 2020 @ 6:46 am. Unique identifier: pr2020007087. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020007087. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7835 West, latitude 17.9093 North, depth = 7 km. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:46:39 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, San Antonio, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty, in the last 10 days two hundred and eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 10 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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