A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -66.8513° West, 17.8395° North. Event id: pr2020015066. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020015066. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 11:41:39 / January 15, 2020 @ 11:41 am. The temblor was detected at 07:41:39 / 7:41 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela, Manatí, Barceloneta. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-six, in the last 10 days five hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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