A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Friday. Id of earthquake: pr2020024031. Event ids that are associated: pr2020024031. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 19:34:19 / January 24, 2020 @ 7:34 pm. Exact location, longitude -66.9838° West, latitude 17.9195° North, depth = 4 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:34:19 / 3:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coco, Manatí, Morovis (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days four hundred and two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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