A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:06:09 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 09:06:09 / January 29, 2020 @ 9:06 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, depth 3 km, -66.8243° West, 17.8375° North. Unique identifier: pr2020029038. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020029038.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Isabela, Comerío. Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-seven, in the past 30 days eight hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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