A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 01:33:48 / January 8, 2020 @ 1:33 am. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8131° West, 17.9403° North, depth 7.99 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007di0. Id of event: us60007di0. The temblor was detected at 21:33:48 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.99 km (5 miles).
Event epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arroyo, Pájaros, San Antonio.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six hundred and thirteen, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 5 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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