A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.8547° West, 17.921° North. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:18:27 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 10:18:27 / January 7, 2020 @ 10:18 am. Event id: us60007c6u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007c6u.
Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearby 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 Ingenio, Aguas Buenas, Candelaria Arenas.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and eighty, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days nine hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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