A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 3 km, -66.8463° West, 17.9415° North. Global time and date of event 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 06:23:31 / January 1, 2020 @ 6:23 am UTC/GMT. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:23:31 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020001003. Unique identifier: pr2020001003.
Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 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 (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Antonio, Toa Alta, Guayama. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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