A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020010001. Id of event: pr2020010001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.22-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:04:01 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/01/20 / 2020-01-10 03:04:01 / January 10, 2020 @ 3:04 am. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8361° West, 17.9621° North, depth 8 km.
Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pájaros, San Antonio, Toa Alta. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 3 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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