A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Guayanilla in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 22:59:44 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 02:59:44 / January 27, 2020 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 17 km (11 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7891 West, latitude 18.005 North, depth = 17 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020027019. Event ids that are associated: pr2020027019.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguas Buenas, Arroyo, Ingenio. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days three hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-four and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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