A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.94 km (9 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.966° West, latitude 17.9361° North, depth = 13.94 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us700070l8. Unique identifier: us700070l8. The temblor was reported at 19:30:59 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 23:30:59 / January 15, 2020 @ 11:30 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days three hundred and seventy-four, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km WSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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