A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -66.7803 West, latitude 17.9317 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 04:13:10 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: usa0006c63. Event ids that are associated: usa0006c63. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 08:13:10 / January 9, 2020 @ 8:13 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, San Antonio, Arroyo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and thirty, in the last 10 days eight hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days nine hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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