A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8238 West, latitude 17.9485 North, depth = 7 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 11:54:47 / January 9, 2020 @ 11:54 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:54:47 / 7:54 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020009013. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020009013. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).
The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Aguas Buenas, Candelaria Arenas. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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