A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 02:59:33 / January 6, 2020 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:59:33 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6 km, -66.8991° West, 17.9265° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2020006000. Event ids that are associated: pr2020006000.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corozal, Aibonito, Manatí. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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 S of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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