A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.9428° West, latitude 17.9135° North, depth = 7 km. Event id: pr2020028043. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020028043. The 3.13-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:55:31 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 17:55:31 / January 28, 2020 @ 5:55 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).
Event epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Manatí, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-one, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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