A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.7765° West, 17.9491° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 01:09:59 / January 16, 2020 @ 1:09 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020016026. Id of event: pr2020016026. The 3.26-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:09:59 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana Seca, Patillas, Ingenio (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty-three, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days six hundred and one and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 6 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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