A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 13:02:22 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/20 / 2020-01-15 17:02:22 / January 15, 2020 @ 5:02 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8828° West, 17.8415° North, depth 3 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). Event id: pr2020015072. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020015072.
Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty-two, in the last 10 days five hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days five hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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