A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9483 West, latitude 17.904 North, depth = 7 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020008068. Id of event: pr2020008068. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:24:10 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 09:24:10 / January 8, 2020 @ 9:24 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Manatí, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 8 km SSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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