A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9601 West, latitude 17.9332 North, depth = 12.97 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 22:45:37 / January 15, 2020 @ 10:45 pm. Id of earthquake: us700070k5. Event ids that are associated: us700070k5. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.97 km (8 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:45:37 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 38 km (23 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). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Barranquitas, Coco.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and seventy-three, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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