A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2020009078. Event ids that are associated: pr2020009078. Exact location, longitude -66.8358° West, latitude 17.9361° North, depth = 12 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 16:13:25 / January 9, 2020 @ 4:13 pm. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:13:25 / 12:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Ceiba, Cidra. Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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