A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:34:01 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019363001. Event ids that are associated: us70006s1t, pr2019363001. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8535° West, 17.9338° North, depth 6 km. Global time and date of event 29/12/19 / 2019-12-29 00:34:01 / December 29, 2019 @ 12:34 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, San Antonio, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 12 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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