A minor earthquake magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 09:29:25 / January 11, 2020 @ 9:29 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9065 West, latitude 17.914 North, depth = 13 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020011008. Event ids that are associated: pr2020011008. The temblor was picked up at 05:29:25 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 33 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 6 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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