A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Event id: pr2020023013. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020023013. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8768 West, latitude 17.8191 North, depth = 11 km. Global time and date of event 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 02:31:35 / January 23, 2020 @ 2:31 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 22:31:35 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barceloneta, Isabela, Morovis.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-five, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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