A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9042 West, latitude 17.9373 North, depth = 12.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.2 km (8 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:01:33 / 12:01 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700070pv. Id of event: us700070pv. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 04:01:33 / January 16, 2020 @ 4:01 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cayey, Vega Alta, Vega Baja. Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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