A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 23:51:04 / January 11, 2020 @ 11:51 pm. The temblor was detected at 19:51:04 / 7:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.8305° West, latitude 17.914° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us60007l1f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007l1f.
Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Vega Alta, Guayama. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six hundred and fourty, in the last 10 days eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the past 30 days nine hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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