A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 14:44:23 / January 9, 2020 @ 2:44 pm. Unique identifier: pr2020009075. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020009075. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8431 West, latitude 17.9241 North, depth = 7 km. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:44:23 / 10:44 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 7 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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