A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:51:03 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 19:51:03 / January 9, 2020 @ 7:51 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2020009093. Event ids that are associated: pr2020009093. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9175 West, latitude 17.9221 North, depth = 8 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Aibonito, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 5 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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