A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 09:33:24 / January 12, 2020 @ 9:33 am UTC/GMT. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:33:24 / 5:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8222 West, latitude 17.9231 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us70006ynw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006ynw. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 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), 75 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguas Buenas, Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 7 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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