A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9131 West, latitude 18.009 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 13:26:28 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us60007gkh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007gkh. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 17:26:28 / January 26, 2020 @ 5:26 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, Toa Alta, Cidra (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days seven hundred and ninety-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km N of Fuig, Puerto Rico.
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