A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9355 West, latitude 17.8203 North, depth = 3 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 14:03:16 / January 26, 2020 @ 2:03 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:03:16 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020026035. Id of event: pr2020026035.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Morovis, Aibonito, Barranquitas. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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