A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 02:46:12 / January 27, 2020 @ 2:46 am UTC/GMT. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:46:12 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.8491° West, latitude 17.8888° North, depth = 15 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020027016. Id of event: pr2020027016.
Epicenter of the event was 28 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Naranjito, Guayama (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and nine, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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