A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:45:01 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8198 West, latitude 17.948 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 08:45:01 / January 16, 2020 @ 8:45 am. Id of earthquake: pr2020016056. Event ids that are associated: pr2020016056. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Ceiba, Cidra. Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 sixty, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-nine, in the past 30 days six hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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