A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8575 West, latitude 17.9186 North, depth = 7 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 22:31:27 / January 2, 2020 @ 10:31 pm. Unique identifier: pr2020002042. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020002042. The temblor was picked up at 18:31:27 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 7 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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