A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Event id: pr2020030040. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020030040. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 15:51:13 / January 30, 2020 @ 3:51 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8838° West, 17.9141° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 11:51:13 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corozal, Manatí, Aibonito.
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 six and in the last 365 days nine hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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