A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 05:30:09 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 09:30:09 / January 16, 2020 @ 9:30 am. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -66.8723° West, 17.9015° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: pr2020016062. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020016062.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naranjito, Vega Baja, Cayey (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days six hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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. 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: 8 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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