A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 15:52:19 / January 19, 2020 @ 3:52 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us60007aql, pr2020019008. Unique identifier: pr2020019008. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9761 West, latitude 17.9395 North, depth = 3 km. The temblor was reported at 11:52:19 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). 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 Ceiba, Vega Alta, Comerío.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days six hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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