A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/01/20 / 2020-01-22 12:15:00 / January 22, 2020 @ 12:15 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8503 West, latitude 17.9316 North, depth = 12 km. The temblor was reported at 08:15:00 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020022005. Unique identifier: pr2020022005.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arroyo, Pájaros, San Antonio.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days six hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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