A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 03:02:43 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 07:02:43 / January 15, 2020 @ 7:02 am. Event id: pr2020015039. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020015039. Exact location of event, longitude -66.842 West, latitude 17.9223 North, depth = 11 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles).
Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Alta, Naranjito, Vega Baja. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-two, in the last 10 days five hundred and nine, in the past 30 days five hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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