A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Guayanilla in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2020007061. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020007061. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -66.8075° West, 18.0216° North. The temblor was reported at 17:35:40 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 21:35:40 / January 7, 2020 @ 9:35 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 56 km (34 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
How would you describe the shaking?
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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km W of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply