A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 15:48:00 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 19:48:00 / January 30, 2020 @ 7:48 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020030046. Unique identifier: pr2020030046. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -66.9255° West, 17.934° North.
Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Manatí, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days nine hundred and five and in the last 365 days one thousand and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 4 km SSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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