A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Yauco in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 08:26:32 / January 19, 2020 @ 8:26 am. Id of earthquake: pr2020019004. Event ids that are associated: us60007akb, pr2020019004. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8435 West, latitude 18.0013 North, depth = 15 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:26:32 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguas Buenas, Arroyo, Ingenio (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty, in the past 30 days six hundred and three and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 3 km NNE of Yauco, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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