A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:19:56 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8191 West, latitude 17.912 North, depth = 11 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 21:19:56 / January 13, 2020 @ 9:19 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020013101. Id of event: pr2020013101.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Vega Alta, Cidra. Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days five hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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