A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ponce in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020018007. Unique identifier: pr2020018007. The temblor was picked up at 09:29:09 / 9:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.6573 West, latitude 17.924 North, depth = 5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 13:29:09 / January 18, 2020 @ 1:29 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Levittown, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days five hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km SSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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