A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8285 West, latitude 17.9136 North, depth = 13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020019003, us60007agv. Id of event: pr2020019003. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 05:04:37 / January 19, 2020 @ 5:04 am. The temblor was reported at 01:04:37 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pájaros, Arroyo, San Antonio. Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (28 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). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-four, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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