A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/19 / 2019-12-30 13:24:39 / December 30, 2019 @ 1:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8873° West, 17.8985° North, depth 7 km. The temblor was reported at 09:24:39 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2019364083. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019364083.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 31 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Barceloneta, Aibonito.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 8 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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