A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 20:27:48 / January 9, 2020 @ 8:27 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8838 West, latitude 17.9413 North, depth = 8 km. The temblor was reported at 16:27:48 / 4:27 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020009101. Event ids that are associated: pr2020009101.
Event epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Baja, Comerío, Corozal. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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