A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.9465° West, latitude 17.9603° North, depth = 9 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:06:34 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020010062. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020010062. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 10/01/20 / 2020-01-10 09:06:34 / January 10, 2020 @ 9:06 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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