A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8305° West, 17.9431° North, depth 9 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:00:18 / 3:00 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020027048. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020027048. Global time and date of event 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 19:00:18 / January 27, 2020 @ 7:00 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Ceiba, Cidra (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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