A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7628 West, latitude 17.9906 North, depth = 12 km. The temblor was detected at 02:05:48 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020028014. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020028014. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 06:05:48 / January 28, 2020 @ 6:05 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguas Buenas, Ingenio, Candelaria Arenas. Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
How would you describe the shaking?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km SSE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply