A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Penuelas in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 13:08:15 / January 7, 2020 @ 1:08 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:08:15 / 9:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.7442 West, latitude 18.0324 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us70006vq9. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006vq9.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gurabo, San Lorenzo, San Juan. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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