A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020006087. Id of event: pr2020006087. Exact location, longitude -66.8118° West, latitude 17.9203° North, depth = 7 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:20:54 / 6:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 22:20:54 / January 6, 2020 @ 10:20 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, San Antonio, Arroyo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby 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 fourty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and six, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 8 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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