A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020029018. Id of event: pr2020029018. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.79 West, latitude 17.899 North, depth = 7 km. The temblor was detected at 23:09:13 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 03:09:13 / January 29, 2020 @ 3:09 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arroyo, Ceiba, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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