A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:31:57 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.9641° West, 17.9468° North. Event id: pr2020024040. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007f8w, pr2020024040. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 23:31:57 / January 24, 2020 @ 11:31 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 10 km SSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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