A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guayanilla in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2020018016. Event ids that are associated: pr2020018016. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:13:33 / 8:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -66.7655° West, 17.9615° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 00:13:33 / January 18, 2020 @ 12:13 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria, Dorado (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 6 km SSE of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.
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