A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 22:55:42 / January 24, 2020 @ 10:55 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.21 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: us60007f7q. Event ids that are associated: us60007f7q. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:55:42 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 8.21 km, -66.7747° West, 17.9575° North.
Earthquake epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguas Buenas, Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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: 6 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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