A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 04:36:14 / January 18, 2020 @ 4:36 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:36:14 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020018001. Ids that are associated to the event: us600079s7, pr2020018001. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9633 West, latitude 17.934 North, depth = 7 km.
Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty, in the past 30 days five hundred and sixty and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 8 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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