A minor earthquake magnitude 3.82 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:17:39 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020025007. Event ids that are associated: us60007fqz, pr2020025007. Global time and date of event 25/01/20 / 2020-01-25 14:17:39 / January 25, 2020 @ 2:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8063 West, latitude 17.9485 North, depth = 7 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaynabo, Levittown, Caguas (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days three hundred and seventeen, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-three 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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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. 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: 19 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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