A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 20:27:52 / January 15, 2020 @ 8:27 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9475 West, latitude 17.8652 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us700070g3. Unique identifier: us700070g3. The temblor was reported at 16:27:52 / 4:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Cidra, Guayama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days four hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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