A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.64 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -66.8426° West, latitude 17.939° North, depth = 7 km. Unique identifier: pr2020001008. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006t4g, pr2020001008. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 10:59:48 / January 1, 2020 @ 10:59 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:59:48 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake 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 (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria, Dorado (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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