A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: us700070he. Event ids that are associated: us700070he. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 21:08:04 / January 15, 2020 @ 9:08 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:08:04 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8223 West, latitude 17.9366 North, depth = 18.77 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.77 km (12 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cataño, Levittown, Guaynabo. Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days four hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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 S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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