A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Unique identifier: pr2020025009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020025009. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/01/20 / 2020-01-25 20:34:15 / January 25, 2020 @ 8:34 pm. Exact location of event, depth 16 km, -66.8153° West, 18.0098° North. The temblor was reported at 16:34:15 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16 km (10 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayamón, Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas. Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days three hundred and six, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days eight hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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