A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 01:21:13 / January 26, 2020 @ 1:21 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007g47, pr2020026011. Id of event: pr2020026011. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8328° West, 17.929° North, depth 14 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:21:13 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra. Event epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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