A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Event id: pr2019363007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019363007. Global time and date of event 29/12/19 / 2019-12-29 00:50:34 / December 29, 2019 @ 12:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -66.8708° West, latitude 17.9018° North, depth = 4 km. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:50:34 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comerío, Corozal, Manatí. Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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