A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -66.894° West, 17.9243° North, depth 3 km. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:23:42 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 00:23:42 / January 20, 2020 @ 12:23 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020020018. Id of event: pr2020020018.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Aibonito, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-five, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 5 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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