A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -66.789° West, latitude 17.9184° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us700071l6. Ids that are associated to the event: us700071l6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 10:32:59 / January 17, 2020 @ 10:32 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:32:59 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maunabo, San Juan, Gurabo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days four hundred and six, in the past 30 days five hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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