A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 09:14:41 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2020009068. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020009068. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.774 West, latitude 18.0083 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 13:14:41 / January 9, 2020 @ 1:14 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguas Buenas, Arroyo, Ingenio.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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