A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2019363010. Event ids that are associated: us70006s45, pr2019363010. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/19 / 2019-12-29 05:49:07 / December 29, 2019 @ 5:49 am. Exact location, longitude -66.863° West, latitude 17.925° North, depth = 4 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:49:07 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arroyo, Pájaros, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 12 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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