A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020026038. Unique identifier: pr2020026038. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:55:43 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 17:55:43 / January 26, 2020 @ 5:55 pm. Exact location, longitude -66.8308° West, latitude 17.951° North, depth = 14 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14 km (9 miles).
Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, Toa Alta, Guayama (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 4 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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