A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.8918° West, latitude 17.9158° North, depth = 9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 18:10:48 / January 26, 2020 @ 6:10 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 14:10:48 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020026040. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020026040.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comerío, Corozal, Manatí. Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-seven, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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