A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2020011046. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020011046. Global time and date of event 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 02:49:20 / January 11, 2020 @ 2:49 am UTC/GMT. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:49:20 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8448 West, latitude 17.9376 North, depth = 10 km.
Event 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Cidra, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty, in the last 10 days three hundred and ten, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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