A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2020013076. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020013076. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:19:32 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 13:19:32 / January 13, 2020 @ 1:19 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.9658 West, latitude 17.9741 North, depth = 6 km.
Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Corozal, Aibonito.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-nine, in the last 10 days four hundred and sixty-eight, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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