Earthquake details

Saturday, January 25, 2020 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Puerto Rico on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 20:20 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Ponce (Puerto Rico - PR), about 20.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -66.819 and latitude 18.011.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	13.0 km
Coordinates	18.011, -66.819
UTC time	2020-01-25 20:20:38.640

Location	Ponce
Country	Puerto Rico (PR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2020-01-25

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Ponce	20.6 km
Mayagüez	40.0 km
Arecibo	52.6 km
Vega Baja	66.4 km
Bayamón	82.4 km
Levittown	83.3 km
Guaynabo	84.2 km
Caguas	85.2 km
San Juan	90.9 km
Trujillo Alto	94.0 km
Carolina	100.0 km
Fajardo	128.3 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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