A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:43:05 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/20 / 2020-01-21 23:43:05 / January 21, 2020 @ 11:43 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2020021054. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020021054. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.826 West, latitude 17.8906 North, depth = 11 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Alta, Cidra, Vega Baja. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-five, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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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