A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2020019045. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020019045. The temblor was reported at 14:06:39 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 18:06:39 / January 19, 2020 @ 6:06 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8818 West, latitude 17.8426 North, depth = 6 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and eight, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-nine 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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