A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 12:57:31 / January 31, 2020 @ 12:57 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:57:31 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.7792 West, latitude 17.9925 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us60007lan. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007lan.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayamón, Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-four, in the past 30 days eight hundred and eighty-one and in the last 365 days nine hundred and ninety-six 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: 2 km SSW of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico.
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