A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 17:38:03 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/01/20 / 2020-01-25 21:38:03 / January 25, 2020 @ 9:38 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.8066° West, latitude 17.998° North, depth = 16 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020025039. Unique identifier: pr2020025039.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dorado, Campanilla, Toa Baja (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days three hundred and sixty-four, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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: 1 km ENE of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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