A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020028009. Unique identifier: pr2020028009. Exact location, longitude -66.8305° West, latitude 17.8681° North, depth = 13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Global time and date of event 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 16:32:35 / January 28, 2020 @ 4:32 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 12:32:35 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Cidra (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 13 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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