A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 03:39:53 / January 18, 2020 @ 3:39 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us600079ri, pr2020018024. Unique identifier: pr2020018024. The epicenter was at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:39:53 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.8653° West, latitude 17.9378° North, depth = 15 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Alta, Naranjito, Cayey. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty-seven, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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