A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -66.8538° West, 17.8933° North. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:51:15 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 21:51:15 / January 16, 2020 @ 9:51 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020016115. Unique identifier: pr2020016115. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naranjito, Vega Baja, Cayey (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (28 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and ninety-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days six hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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