A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:57:57 / 6:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8767° West, 17.9163° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60007aap. Unique identifier: us60007aap. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 22:57:57 / January 18, 2020 @ 10:57 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 30 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby 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 Comerío, Corozal, Manatí.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days five hundred and eighty-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 6 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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