A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 07:35:03 / January 27, 2020 @ 7:35 am. The temblor was picked up at 03:35:03 / 3:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020027006. Unique identifier: pr2020027006. Exact location, longitude -66.8015° West, latitude 17.9871° North, depth = 15 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 20 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dorado, Campanilla, Toa Baja.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days eight hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 2 km ESE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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