A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8257 West, latitude 18.0118 North, depth = 2.78 km. Id of earthquake: us70006xgk. Event ids that are associated: us70006xgk. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:14:22 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/20 / 2020-01-10 08:14:22 / January 10, 2020 @ 8:14 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.78 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Bayamón, Sabana Seca (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 NNW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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