A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:38:25 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 04:38:25 / January 23, 2020 @ 4:38 am. Event id: us60007dhi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007dhi. Exact location, longitude -66.8314° West, latitude 17.8446° North, depth = 18.78 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.78 km (12 miles).
Event epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Naranjito, Cidra (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days seven hundred and five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 16 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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