A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020027008. Id of event: pr2020027008. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:57:36 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8403 West, latitude 17.9506 North, depth = 14 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 10:57:36 / January 27, 2020 @ 10:57 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days eight hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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