A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 03:28:42 / 3:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8221 West, latitude 17.9385 North, depth = 8 km. Unique identifier: pr2020011005. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006y8b, pr2020011005. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 07:28:42 / January 11, 2020 @ 7:28 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (38 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), 75 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana Seca, Patillas, Ingenio. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 13 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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