A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 09:30:22 / January 28, 2020 @ 9:30 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020028021. Unique identifier: pr2020028021. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:30:22 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.856 West, latitude 17.8426 North, depth = 8 km.
Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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