A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020027022. Unique identifier: pr2020027022. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -66.8073° West, 17.8971° North. The temblor was picked up at 18:15:22 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 22:15:22 / January 27, 2020 @ 10:15 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Cidra.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-five, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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