A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 04:36:14 / January 18, 2020 @ 4:36 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us600079s7. Unique identifier: us600079s7. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9559 West, latitude 17.9084 North, depth = 5 km. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:36:14 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corozal, Aibonito, Manatí (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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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