A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8335° West, 17.9735° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:32:13 / 9:32 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006w5l. Unique identifier: us70006w5l. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 01:32:13 / January 8, 2020 @ 1:32 am.
Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Alta, San Antonio, Guayama (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six hundred and eighteen, in the last 10 days six hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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