A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020023012. Unique identifier: pr2020023012. The temblor was reported at 21:32:08 / 9:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -66.8351° West, 17.8285° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 01:32:08 / January 23, 2020 @ 1:32 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barceloneta, Manatí, Aguadilla. Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days seven hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 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 SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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