A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.8238° West, latitude 17.9283° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 06:28:48 / January 16, 2020 @ 6:28 am. The temblor was detected at 02:28:48 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700070r3. Id of event: us700070r3.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Aguas Buenas, Candelaria Arenas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-one, in the past 30 days four hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 7 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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