A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:08:27 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020012124. Id of event: pr2020012124. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 18:08:27 / January 12, 2020 @ 6:08 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8268 West, latitude 17.97 North, depth = 12 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dorado, Campanilla, Toa Baja.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-two, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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