A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: us60007bqn. Event ids that are associated: us60007bqn. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.8516° West, 17.8292° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:35:00 / 7:35 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 23:35:00 / January 20, 2020 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 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, Arroyo, Vega Alta.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days six hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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