A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020018030. Id of event: pr2020018030. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 05:03:14 / January 18, 2020 @ 5:03 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -66.857° West, latitude 17.8353° North, depth = 5 km. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:03:14 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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