A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.7736 West, latitude 17.9353 North, depth = 11 km. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:44:23 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020030039. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020030039. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 17:44:23 / January 30, 2020 @ 5:44 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Baja, Campanilla, Pájaros (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventeen, in the past 30 days nine hundred and three and in the last 365 days nine hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 8 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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