A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.7856° West, latitude 17.969° North, depth = 7 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020029016. Id of event: pr2020029016. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:06:21 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 01:06:21 / January 29, 2020 @ 1:06 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dorado, Campanilla, Arroyo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty-six, in the past 30 days eight hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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