A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) strikes 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 15:24:52 / January 19, 2020 @ 3:24 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 11:24:52 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020019039. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020019039. Exact location of earthquake, -66.885° West, 17.9795° North, depth 11 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cayey, Ceiba, Naranjito (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
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 twenty-six, in the last 10 days five hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 0 km ENE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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