A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.93 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:02:56 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us700070p7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700070p7. Exact location of event, longitude -66.805 West, latitude 17.9498 North, depth = 16.93 km. Global time and date of event 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 03:02:56 / January 16, 2020 @ 3:02 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ingenio, Aguas Buenas, Candelaria Arenas.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days four hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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