A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -66.888° West, 17.982° North. Unique identifier: pr2020009010. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020009010, us70006wv0. Global time and date of event 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 09:24:00 / January 9, 2020 @ 9:24 am UTC/GMT. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:24:00 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cidra, Cayey, Ceiba (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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