A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 19:50:05 / 7:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8494° West, 17.8398° North, depth 15.54 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.54 km (10 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 23:50:05 / January 20, 2020 @ 11:50 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us60007bqw. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007bqw.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Corozal, Cayey. Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-nine, in the past 30 days six hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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