A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 09:25:07 / January 7, 2020 @ 9:25 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:25:07 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: usa0006bm9. Ids that are associated to the event: usa0006bm9. Exact location of earthquake, -66.7998° West, 17.9157° North, depth 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Alta, Arroyo, Ceiba.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight hundred and sixty, in the last 10 days nine hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days nine hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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