A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 12:18:02 / January 23, 2020 @ 12:18 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Event id: pr2020023040. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020023040. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9581° West, 17.9261° North, depth 11 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:18:02 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). 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 Aibonito, Barranquitas, Coco.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-one, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days eight hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety-three 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: 7 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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