A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:25:50 / 9:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.8608° West, latitude 17.9538° North, depth = 5 km. Event id: usa0006cab. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: usa0006cab. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/20 / 2020-01-10 01:25:50 / January 10, 2020 @ 1:25 am.
Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Ceiba, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and twenty, in the last 10 days nine hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days nine hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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