A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:16:40 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8392 West, latitude 17.9914 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us60007ira. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007ira. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 03:16:40 / January 29, 2020 @ 3:16 am.
Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Toa Alta, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-four, in the past 30 days eight hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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