A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ponce in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 11:08:39 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 15:08:39 / January 27, 2020 @ 3:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.6507 West, latitude 17.9319 North, depth = 11.59 km. Event id: us60007ha3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007ha3. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.59 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gurabo, Maunabo, Cataño. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days eight hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 9 km SSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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