A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 19:34:37 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.7811 West, latitude 17.9018 North, depth = 7 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/01/20 / 2020-01-22 23:34:37 / January 22, 2020 @ 11:34 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020022061. Unique identifier: pr2020022061.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arroyo, Ceiba, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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