A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8376 West, latitude 17.8493 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us60007gmc. Event ids that are associated: us60007gmc. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:53:46 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 18:53:46 / January 26, 2020 @ 6:53 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arroyo, Vega Alta, Vega Baja (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days eight hundred and one and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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