A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 6 km, -67.0165° West, 17.9298° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 21:30:27 / January 13, 2020 @ 9:30 pm. The 3.27-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:30:27 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2020013025. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020013025.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coco, Barranquitas, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days three hundred and ten, in the past 30 days three hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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