A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 07:13:53 / 7:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020017056. Unique identifier: pr2020017056. Exact location of event, depth 6 km, -66.8461° West, 17.8636° North. Global time and date of event 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 11:13:53 / January 17, 2020 @ 11:13 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Corozal, Cayey. Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 ninety-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-five, in the past 30 days six hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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