A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 03:44:11 / January 29, 2020 @ 3:44 am. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8323° West, 17.9263° North, depth 13 km. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:44:11 / 11:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020029019. Unique identifier: pr2020029019.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra. Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 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 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days eight hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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