A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 22:14:46 / 10:14 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us700070nh. Unique identifier: us700070nh. Global time and date of event 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 02:14:46 / January 16, 2020 @ 2:14 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8546° West, 17.8383° North, depth 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Corozal, Cayey (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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