A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.7964° West, 17.8687° North. The temblor was reported at 15:56:55 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007bjl. Id of event: us60007bjl. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 19:56:55 / January 20, 2020 @ 7:56 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Alta, Ceiba, Arroyo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days six hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 14 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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