A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Yauco in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8491° West, 18.0165° North, depth 17 km. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:17:21 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17 km (11 miles). Global time and date of event 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 03:17:21 / January 24, 2020 @ 3:17 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2020024019. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020024019.
Event epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria, Campanilla. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-six, in the last 10 days four hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km S of Yauco, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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