A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:23:18 / 4:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8805° West, 17.9243° North, depth 6 km. Global time and date of event 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 20:23:18 / January 6, 2020 @ 8:23 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2020006031. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020006031.
Epicenter of the event was 30 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comerío, Corozal, Manatí. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days ninety-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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