A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Yauco in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 14:58:19 / January 6, 2020 @ 2:58 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8941° West, 17.9088° North, depth 7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20006003, us70006v8z, pr2020006016. Id of event: pr2020006016. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:58:19 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Aguas Buenas, Candelaria Arenas.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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