A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.63 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -66.836° West, 17.9455° North. Id of earthquake: pr2020011027. Event ids that are associated: pr2020011027. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 09:43:45 / 9:43 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 13:43:45 / January 11, 2020 @ 1:43 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguas Buenas, Ingenio, Candelaria Arenas (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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