A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Yauco in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2020018042. Event ids that are associated: us600079yg, pr2020018042. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). Exact location of event, depth 16 km, -66.8505° West, 17.957° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 10:22:09 / January 18, 2020 @ 10:22 am. The temblor was reported at 06:22:09 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
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 fourty-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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