A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9591° West, 17.9226° North, depth 7 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 13:18:55 / January 16, 2020 @ 1:18 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 09:18:55 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020016071, us700070xd. Unique identifier: pr2020016071.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Barranquitas, Manatí (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifty-one, in the past 30 days six hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days seven hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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