A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:19:27 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 03:19:27 / January 17, 2020 @ 3:19 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: us700071g1. Ids that are associated to the event: us700071g1. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9764 West, latitude 17.9711 North, depth = 5 km.
Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days four hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 6 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico.
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