A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 06:33:07 / 6:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70006wa4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006wa4. Global time and date of event 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 10:33:07 / January 8, 2020 @ 10:33 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.8499° West, 17.884° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Candelaria Arenas, Patillas (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 11 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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