A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 18:02:56 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019365042. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019365042. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/12/19 / 2019-12-31 22:02:56 / December 31, 2019 @ 10:02 pm. Exact location, longitude -66.8861° West, latitude 17.9048° North, depth = 6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Cayey, Comerío (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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