A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020017087. Unique identifier: pr2020017087. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:43:48 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.9678° West, latitude 17.9036° North, depth = 9 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 22:43:48 / January 17, 2020 @ 10:43 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barranquitas, Barceloneta (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-seven, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 9 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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