A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/12/19 / 2019-12-31 11:03:44 / December 31, 2019 @ 11:03 am. The temblor was picked up at 07:03:44 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.8687° West, latitude 17.8983° North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: us70006sux. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006sux.
Event epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 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), 80 km (50 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Campanilla, Toa Baja, Pájaros.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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