A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.7912° West, 17.8891° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 01:29:00 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 05:29:00 / January 24, 2020 @ 5:29 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007eg0. Id of event: us60007eg0.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Antonio, Pájaros, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days three hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-nine 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: 12 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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