A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.95° West, 17.9525° North, depth 11 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020015018. Event ids that are associated: pr2020015018. The temblor was picked up at 16:21:05 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 20:21:05 / January 15, 2020 @ 8:21 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corozal, Aibonito, Coco (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days three hundred and seventy-three, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km WSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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