A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:06:43 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.8418° West, 17.9441° North. Unique identifier: pr2020019024. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020019024. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 08:06:43 / January 19, 2020 @ 8:06 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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