A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:32:26 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/20 / 2020-01-21 08:32:26 / January 21, 2020 @ 8:32 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 3 km, -66.8615° West, 17.945° North. Event id: pr2020021013. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007bz0, pr2020021013.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toa Alta, San Antonio, Guayama. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days four hundred and four, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. 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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