A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 15:02:53 / 3:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020009089. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020009089. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8385° West, 17.9615° North, depth 12 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 19:02:53 / January 9, 2020 @ 7:02 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba. 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 (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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