A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.8435° West, latitude 17.873° North, depth = 12 km. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:42:43 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020029027. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020029027. Global time and date of event 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 01:42:43 / January 29, 2020 @ 1:42 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Cayey, Corozal (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty-four, in the past 30 days eight hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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