A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007gkd. Id of event: us60007gkd. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 17:19:05 / January 26, 2020 @ 5:19 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:19:05 / 1:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.8235° West, 17.7612° North.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, Toa Alta, Ceiba.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days seven hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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