A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -66.9221° West, 17.9261° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 22:48:14 / January 19, 2020 @ 10:48 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:48:14 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020019051. Id of event: pr2020019051.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corozal, Aibonito, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Close 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), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 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-seven, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and sixteen 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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