A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 19:52:14 / January 15, 2020 @ 7:52 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -66.9831° West, 17.9211° North. The temblor was reported at 15:52:14 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2020015020. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020015020.
Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Barranquitas, Coco. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days three hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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