A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 14:20:02 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/20 / 2020-01-10 18:20:02 / January 10, 2020 @ 6:20 pm. Exact location of event, depth 17.56 km, -66.9389° West, 17.882° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.56 km (11 miles). Unique identifier: us70006ycn. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006ycn.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Aibonito, Barceloneta (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 10 km SSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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