A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 22:51:23 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 02:51:23 / January 16, 2020 @ 2:51 am. Exact location, longitude -67.0371° West, latitude 17.9268° North, depth = 6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us700070p4, pr2020016002. Unique identifier: pr2020016002. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Corozal, Aibonito (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days four hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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