A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 7.51 km, -66.8354° West, 17.8778° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/12/19 / 2019-12-29 05:49:07 / December 29, 2019 @ 5:49 am UTC/GMT. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:49:07 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70006s45. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006s45. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.51 km (5 miles).
The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pájaros, San Antonio, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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