A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected 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). Id of earthquake: us60007h0b. Event ids that are associated: us60007h0b. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 05:57:47 / January 27, 2020 @ 5:57 am. Exact location, longitude -66.8461° West, latitude 17.8225° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:57:47 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria, Toa Baja, Campanilla (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty, in the past 30 days eight hundred and nine and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 17 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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