A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70006tpc. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006tpc. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:49:40 / 12:49 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 16:49:40 / January 2, 2020 @ 4:49 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8151 West, latitude 17.8466 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Campanilla, Aguas Buenas, Patillas. Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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