A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8393° West, 17.9758° North, depth 15 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2020009082. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020009082. The temblor was picked up at 13:20:58 / 1:20 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 17:20:58 / January 9, 2020 @ 5:20 pm.
Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toa Alta, San Antonio, Guayama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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: 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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