A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006ykm, pr2020012000. Unique identifier: pr2020012000. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 4 km, -66.8721° West, 17.811° North. Global time and date of event 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 00:58:25 / January 12, 2020 @ 12:58 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:58:25 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Vega Alta, Arroyo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy, in the past 30 days three hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 20 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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