A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 19:27:04 / January 6, 2020 @ 7:27 pm. The temblor was picked up at 15:27:04 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.8521° West, latitude 17.9365° North, depth = 6 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020006072. Unique identifier: pr2020006072.
Epicenter of the event was 27 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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