A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1 km (1 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:04:40 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8525 West, latitude 17.8005 North, depth = 1 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 10:04:40 / January 27, 2020 @ 10:04 am. Unique identifier: pr2020027042. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020027042.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla, Hatillo, Arecibo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and ninety-four, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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