A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 10:36:19 / 10:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.8755° West, latitude 17.8146° North, depth = 11 km. Global time and date of event 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 14:36:19 / January 16, 2020 @ 2:36 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020016010, us700070ys. Unique identifier: pr2020016010. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Morovis, Arecibo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days four hundred and two, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
Questions or comments?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 17 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply