A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Palomas in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -66.8576° West, latitude 17.9825° North, depth = 12 km. Event id: pr2020030009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020030009. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:06:15 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 17:06:15 / January 30, 2020 @ 5:06 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Toa Alta, San Antonio (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days two hundred and two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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