A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The 3.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:12:07 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -66.8556° West, 17.8346° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 18:12:07 / January 27, 2020 @ 6:12 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020027047. Unique identifier: pr2020027047.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela. Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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