A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 10.14 km, -67.0034° West, 17.9054° North. Id of earthquake: us700070lh. Event ids that are associated: us700070lh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.14 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 16:03:58 / January 15, 2020 @ 4:03 pm. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:03:58 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Morovis, Barceloneta, Salinas (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days three hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 8 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
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