A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8206° West, 17.8566° North, depth 9 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/20 / 2020-01-21 01:21:25 / January 21, 2020 @ 1:21 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:21:25 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020021018. Unique identifier: pr2020021018.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naranjito, Cidra, Guayama. Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-seven, in the last 10 days four hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and sixty and in the last 365 days eight hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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