A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 20:05:55 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 00:05:55 / January 19, 2020 @ 12:05 am. Event id: us60007abw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20019050, us60007abw. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.23 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8669° West, 17.9237° North, depth 10.23 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cataño, Guaynabo, Caguas. Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-four, in the past 30 days five hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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