A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2020027049. Event ids that are associated: pr2020027049. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8256 West, latitude 17.9593 North, depth = 14 km. Global time and date of event 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 19:15:18 / January 27, 2020 @ 7:15 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:15:18 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14 km (9 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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