A minor earthquake magnitude 3.76 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -66.8328° West, latitude 17.9258° North, depth = 9 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 07:25:30 / January 11, 2020 @ 7:25 am. Id of earthquake: pr2020011006. Event ids that are associated: us70006y87, pr2020011006. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). The 3.76-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:25:30 / 3:25 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Patillas, Ingenio, Aguas Buenas. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 14 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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