A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:18:55 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us700070xd. Event ids that are associated: us700070xd. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 13:18:55 / January 16, 2020 @ 1:18 pm. Exact location, longitude -66.9594° West, latitude 17.949° North, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-nine, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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