A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Global time and date of event 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 07:00:50 / January 19, 2020 @ 7:00 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8358 West, latitude 17.83 North, depth = 4 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020019023. Unique identifier: pr2020019023. The epicenter was at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). The 3.05-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:00:50 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Comerío, Cayey (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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