A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2020021028. Event ids that are associated: pr2020021028. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8291° West, 17.9548° North, depth 14 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/01/20 / 2020-01-21 06:24:48 / January 21, 2020 @ 6:24 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:24:48 / 2:24 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba. Epicenter of the earthquake was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-nine, in the last 10 days four hundred and eighty-four, in the past 30 days seven hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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