A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8645° West, 17.9131° North, depth 7 km. The temblor was reported at 01:24:39 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019365002. Id of event: pr2019365002. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/19 / 2019-12-31 05:24:39 / December 31, 2019 @ 5:24 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naranjito, Vega Baja, Cayey (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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