A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.8431° West, latitude 17.9001° North, depth = 11 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 02:51:51 / January 17, 2020 @ 2:51 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:51:51 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020017020. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020017020.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cayey, Comerío, Corozal (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-six, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days six hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. 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: 9 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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