A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9595 West, latitude 17.9041 North, depth = 6 km. The 3.01-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:45:43 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020025004. Event ids that are associated: pr2020025004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/01/20 / 2020-01-25 08:45:43 / January 25, 2020 @ 8:45 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Manatí, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and ten, in the past 30 days seven hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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