A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:31:03 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 03:31:03 / January 9, 2020 @ 3:31 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020009035. Unique identifier: pr2020009035. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -66.8206° West, 17.8976° North.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Vega Alta, Cidra (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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