A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2020013016. Event ids that are associated: pr2020013016. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 17:12:50 / January 13, 2020 @ 5:12 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8366° West, 17.9056° North, depth 9 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:12:50 / 1:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Alta, Cidra, Guayama. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days three hundred and six, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighteen 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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