A minor earthquake magnitude 3.48 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 19:12:49 / January 15, 2020 @ 7:12 pm. Exact location, longitude -66.9535° West, latitude 17.9301° North, depth = 8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2020015011. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020015011. The temblor was reported at 15:12:49 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Comerío, Vega Baja, Corozal. Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days three hundred and sixty-four, in the past 30 days four hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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