A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Guayanilla in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -66.7873 West, latitude 17.986 North, depth = 15 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Global time and date of event 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 16:16:09 / January 17, 2020 @ 4:16 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:16:09 / 12:16 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020017077. Unique identifier: pr2020017077.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Arroyo, Candelaria (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and four and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km S of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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