A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -66.8433° West, 17.9358° North. Global time and date of event 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 17:17:58 / January 13, 2020 @ 5:17 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020013018. Id of event: pr2020013018. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:17:58 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Cidra, Vega Alta. The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 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).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days three hundred and seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 6 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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