A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 22:56:06 / January 28, 2020 @ 10:56 pm. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:56:06 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -66.867° West, latitude 17.8665° North, depth = 12 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020028054. Unique identifier: pr2020028054.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corozal, Comerío, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty-eight, in the past 30 days eight hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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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