A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 14:45:30 / January 11, 2020 @ 2:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.8452° West, 17.9893° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us70006yez. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006yez. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:45:30 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Patillas, Guaynabo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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