A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020024036. Unique identifier: pr2020024036. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:26:27 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 22:26:27 / January 24, 2020 @ 10:26 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8853 West, latitude 17.8321 North, depth = 9 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-seven, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days eight hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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