A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/01/20 / 2020-01-22 21:11:59 / January 22, 2020 @ 9:11 pm. Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -66.8425° West, 17.8718° North. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:11:59 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020022056. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020022056.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Cayey, Corozal. Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 12 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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