A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8061° West, 17.9416° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 20:59:24 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 00:59:24 / January 11, 2020 @ 12:59 am. Id of earthquake: pr2020011041. Event ids that are associated: pr2020011041.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arroyo, Pájaros, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-one, in the last 10 days three hundred and ten, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixty and in the last 365 days four hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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