A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 11:17:09 / January 19, 2020 @ 11:17 am. Event id: pr2020019030. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020019030. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:17:09 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8253° West, 17.9785° North, depth 11 km.
The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Alta, San Antonio, Guayama (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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