A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.803° West, 17.9073° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 04:12:11 / January 23, 2020 @ 4:12 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:12:11 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020023018. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020023018.
The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arroyo, Ceiba, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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