A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020008104. Unique identifier: pr2020008104. Global time and date of event 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 21:07:41 / January 8, 2020 @ 9:07 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:07:41 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8831 West, latitude 17.9363 North, depth = 9 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 30 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Baja, Comerío, Corozal (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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