A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. Event id: pr2020018012. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020018012. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8501 West, latitude 17.9461 North, depth = 7 km. The 3.32-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:12:16 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 22:12:16 / January 18, 2020 @ 10:12 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, San Antonio, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days five hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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