A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:44:33 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8533 West, latitude 17.8296 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020015045. Unique identifier: pr2020015045. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 08:44:33 / January 15, 2020 @ 8:44 am.
The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela, Manatí, Barceloneta (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and nine, in the past 30 days five hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days six hundred and twelve 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. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 16 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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