A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/01/20 / 2020-01-14 15:35:51 / January 14, 2020 @ 3:35 pm. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -67.0293° West, 17.9463° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020014064. Id of event: pr2020014064. The temblor was detected at 11:35:51 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 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). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coco, Barranquitas, Morovis (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 fifty-nine, in the last 10 days four hundred and eighty, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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