A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us60007am3. Unique identifier: us60007am3. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:54:00 / 6:54 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 10:54:00 / January 19, 2020 @ 10:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9953 West, latitude 17.9291 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coco, Barranquitas, Manatí (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty, in the past 30 days six hundred and five and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 7 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
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