A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8498° West, 17.8896° North, depth 15 km. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:14:41 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 12:14:41 / January 26, 2020 @ 12:14 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020026028. Unique identifier: pr2020026028.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Guayama, Naranjito. The epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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