A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/01/20 / 2020-01-14 00:57:40 / January 14, 2020 @ 12:57 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:57:40 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7678 West, latitude 18.0088 North, depth = 13 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Unique identifier: pr2020014025. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020014025.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayamón, Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-six, in the last 10 days four hundred and seventy-four, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
Did you feel it?
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: 0 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply