A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 09:59:48 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.8533° West, 17.7828° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006yeb. Id of event: us70006yeb. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 13:59:48 / January 11, 2020 @ 1:59 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Vega Alta, Vega Baja (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 21 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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