A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 08:16:18 / January 11, 2020 @ 8:16 am. The temblor was picked up at 04:16:18 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us60007iyz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007iyz. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9099 West, latitude 17.9134 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Manatí, Barceloneta. Epicenter of the event was 33 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six hundred and twenty-six, in the last 10 days eight hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days eight hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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