A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/12/19 / 2019-12-28 22:35:38 / December 28, 2019 @ 10:35 pm. Id of earthquake: pt19362001. Event ids that are associated: pt19362001. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.7 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.886 West, latitude 17.927 North, depth = 2.7 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:35:38 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maunabo, Trujillo Alto, Gurabo. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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