A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pt20007035, us70006vux, pr2020007043. Unique identifier: pr2020007043. Global time and date of event 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 18:43:46 / January 7, 2020 @ 6:43 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8913° West, 17.9295° North, depth 5 km. The temblor was reported at 14:43:46 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Patillas, Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas. The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 13 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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