A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020024038. Id of event: pr2020024038. Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -66.8503° West, 17.9138° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:14:25 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 23:14:25 / January 24, 2020 @ 11:14 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cidra, Guayama, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-five, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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: 8 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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