A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.941° West, latitude 17.9255° North, depth = 10 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:20:03 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020010094. Event ids that are associated: pr2020010094, us70006ycn. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/01/20 / 2020-01-10 18:20:03 / January 10, 2020 @ 6:20 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Manatí, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and ninety-eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 10 km SSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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