A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 14:06:24 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.805 West, latitude 17.977 North, depth = 12 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 18:06:24 / January 9, 2020 @ 6:06 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006x4i, pr2020009023. Unique identifier: pr2020009023.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Guaynabo, Levittown (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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