A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Monday. Id of earthquake: pt20006003. Event ids that are associated: pt20006003. Exact location, longitude -66.894° West, latitude 17.942° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:58:18 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 14:58:18 / January 6, 2020 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Patillas, Bayamón, Sabana Seca (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days seventy-two, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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