A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.7793° West, 17.9466° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 09:14:22 / January 7, 2020 @ 9:14 am. All ids that are associated to the event: usa0006bm6. Unique identifier: usa0006bm6. The temblor was picked up at 05:14:22 / 5:14 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Bayamón, Sabana Seca (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the last 10 days nine hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days nine hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 6 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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