A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:43:47 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.8951° West, latitude 17.748° North, depth = 3 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020029011, us60007iys. Id of event: pr2020029011. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 09:43:47 / January 29, 2020 @ 9:43 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla, Aibonito, Ciales (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 27 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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