A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/01/20 / 2020-01-14 02:53:19 / January 14, 2020 @ 2:53 am. Exact location of event, longitude -67.0113 West, latitude 17.9183 North, depth = 7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020014031. Unique identifier: pr2020014031. The temblor was reported at 22:53:19 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salinas, Orocovis, Ciales (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-four, in the last 10 days four hundred and seventy-five, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
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