A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8603 West, latitude 17.8718 North, depth = 2 km. Global time and date of event 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 05:57:46 / January 27, 2020 @ 5:57 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:57:46 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2020027003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007h0b, pr2020027003.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Candelaria Arenas, Aguas Buenas, Candelaria (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 30 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days eight hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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