A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8173 West, latitude 17.9098 North, depth = 7 km. Unique identifier: pr2020009003. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006wr2, pr2020009003. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 03:22:46 / January 9, 2020 @ 3:22 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:22:46 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Aguas Buenas, Candelaria (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 18 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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