A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Event id: us700070n4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700070n4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.94 km (11 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:48:57 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8885 West, latitude 17.9208 North, depth = 17.94 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 01:48:57 / January 16, 2020 @ 1:48 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Manatí, Aibonito. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days three hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 5 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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