A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 08:18:26 / January 17, 2020 @ 8:18 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:18:26 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7908 West, latitude 17.903 North, depth = 6 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020017071. Unique identifier: pr2020017071.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Vega Alta, Vega Baja (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and ninety-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety-seven, in the past 30 days six hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 10 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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