A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 11:53:52 / January 31, 2020 @ 11:53 am. The temblor was detected at 07:53:52 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020031006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020031006, us60007l9p. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.959 West, latitude 17.9376 North, depth = 7 km.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas. Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety, in the past 30 days eight hundred and ninety-six and in the last 365 days one thousand and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km WSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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