A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 14 km, -66.8416° West, 17.9416° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/20 / 2020-07-10 00:51:55 / July 10, 2020 @ 12:51 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). Event id: pr2020192009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020192009. The temblor was detected at 00:51:55 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 25 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), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days two thousand, four hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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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