A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:37:16 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 20:37:16 / January 16, 2020 @ 8:37 pm. Event id: pr2020016019. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020016019. Exact location, longitude -66.8703° West, latitude 17.845° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (30 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), 21 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days four hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days five hundred and nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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