A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8519° West, 17.9467° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007bz0. Id of event: us60007bz0. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/20 / 2020-01-21 08:32:26 / January 21, 2020 @ 8:32 am UTC/GMT. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:32:26 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arroyo, Campanilla, Toa Baja. Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days six hundred and sixty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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