A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 03:42:59 / January 11, 2020 @ 3:42 am. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:42:59 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020011050. Unique identifier: pr2020011050. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8498 West, latitude 17.9818 North, depth = 12 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Ceiba, Cayey (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and nineteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and ten, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 3 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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