A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2020023002. Event ids that are associated: us60007dl9, pr2020023002. The temblor was detected at 02:48:23 / 2:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 06:48:23 / January 23, 2020 @ 6:48 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9346 West, latitude 17.9406 North, depth = 11 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Baja, Corozal, Aibonito (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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