A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 21:04:48 / January 13, 2020 @ 9:04 pm. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:04:48 / 5:04 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020013107. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020013107. Exact location of earthquake, -67.0071° West, 17.9546° North, depth 6 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barranquitas, Morovis, Manatí. Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-seven, in the last 10 days four hundred and sixty, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty-one 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.
Questions or comments?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply