A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Guayanilla in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020007038. Unique identifier: pr2020007038. The temblor was detected at 14:16:01 / 2:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 18:16:01 / January 7, 2020 @ 6:16 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.8026° West, latitude 18.0216° North, depth = 11 km.
The epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arroyo, Aguas Buenas, Ingenio (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 1 km WNW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.
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