A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 12:09:28 / January 18, 2020 @ 12:09 pm. Event id: pr2020018053. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020018053. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.757° West, latitude 17.9985° North, depth = 11 km. The temblor was detected at 08:09:28 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 55 km (34 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 Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas, Ingenio.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days seven hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 2 km SSE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico.
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