A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8223 West, latitude 17.8646 North, depth = 4 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 14:06:48 / January 19, 2020 @ 2:06 pm. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:06:48 / 10:06 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020019034. Unique identifier: pr2020019034.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Naranjito, Guayama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-six, in the last 10 days five hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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