A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Yauco in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 02:31:49 / January 24, 2020 @ 2:31 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.821° West, 18.0388° North. Unique identifier: pr2020024011. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020024011. The temblor was picked up at 22:31:49 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-eight, in the last 10 days four hundred and seventeen, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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