A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/01/20 / 2020-01-22 02:23:32 / January 22, 2020 @ 2:23 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020022001. Id of event: pr2020022001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8933 West, latitude 17.8536 North, depth = 11 km. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:23:32 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cayey, Corozal, Comerío (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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