A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: us60007gmc, pr2020026009. Unique identifier: pr2020026009. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:53:47 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8426 West, latitude 17.9141 North, depth = 13 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 18:53:47 / January 26, 2020 @ 6:53 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toa Alta, Ceiba, Cidra. The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty-three, in the past 30 days eight hundred and seven and in the last 365 days eight hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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