A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 07:20:35 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 11:20:35 / January 9, 2020 @ 11:20 am. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9423° West, 17.9533° North, depth 4 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020009064. Event ids that are associated: pr2020009064.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Aibonito, Coco.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km WSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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