A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 12:53:56 / January 11, 2020 @ 12:53 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.16 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006ydx. Id of event: us70006ydx. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8235 West, latitude 17.8765 North, depth = 10.16 km. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:53:56 / 8:53 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Baja, Patillas, Campanilla (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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