A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8185 West, latitude 17.8777 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: usa0006c68. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: usa0006c68. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:38:40 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 08:38:40 / January 9, 2020 @ 8:38 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, Toa Alta, Arroyo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and thirty, in the last 10 days eight hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days nine hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. 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: 12 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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