A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Santo Domingo in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/01/20 / 2020-01-25 22:30:08 / January 25, 2020 @ 10:30 pm. Unique identifier: pr2020025041. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007g0c, pr2020025041. The temblor was reported at 18:30:08 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.811° West, 18.0138° North, depth 15 km.
The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria, Dorado (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days three hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WNW of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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