A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 03:05:07 / January 7, 2020 @ 3:05 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8698° West, 17.916° North, depth 7 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020007003. Event ids that are associated: pr2020007003. The temblor was detected at 23:05:07 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comerío, Corozal, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-four, in the past 30 days ninety-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 7 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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