A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020008082. Unique identifier: pr2020008082. The temblor was reported at 11:07:27 / 11:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 15:07:27 / January 8, 2020 @ 3:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -66.8193° West, latitude 17.934° North, depth = 6 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 23 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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