A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/01/20 / 2020-01-10 19:03:48 / January 10, 2020 @ 7:03 pm. The temblor was detected at 15:03:48 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020010048. Unique identifier: pr2020010048. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8403 West, latitude 17.9858 North, depth = 9 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dorado, Campanilla, Toa Baja. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days two hundred and nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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 WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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