A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8555 West, latitude 17.8989 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 01:58:44 / 1:58 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us700070qv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700070qv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 05:58:44 / January 16, 2020 @ 5:58 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, San Antonio, Arroyo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-nine, in the past 30 days four hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 9 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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