A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8421 West, latitude 17.9358 North, depth = 14 km. Unique identifier: pr2020030021. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020030021. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 00:41:44 / January 30, 2020 @ 12:41 am. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:41:44 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter).
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 Guayama, Ceiba, Cidra. Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days nine hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days one thousand earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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