A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The 3.05-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:05:50 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 23:05:50 / January 19, 2020 @ 11:05 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.898° West, 17.9286° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: pr2020019055. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020019055.
Event epicenter was 31 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Comerío, Corozal (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-six, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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