A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8257 West, latitude 17.8947 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us60007eh3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007eh3. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 22:35:27 / January 8, 2020 @ 10:35 pm. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:35:27 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cidra, Vega Baja, Naranjito. The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and sixty-seven, in the last 10 days seven hundred and seven, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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