A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:44:09 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 22:44:09 / January 29, 2020 @ 10:44 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9133 West, latitude 17.9421 North, depth = 16.08 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.08 km (10 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007jl2. Id of event: us60007jl2.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Ceiba, Cayey. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty-three 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 3 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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