A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Monday. Global time and date of event 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 01:40:42 / January 28, 2020 @ 1:40 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9381° West, 17.9028° North, depth 7 km. Event id: pr2020028024. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020028024. The temblor was detected at 21:40:42 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).
The epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Manatí, Barceloneta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty-five, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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