A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 05:31:44 / January 30, 2020 @ 5:31 am. Event id: pr2020030023. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020030023. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9213 West, latitude 17.935 North, depth = 11 km. The temblor was reported at 01:31:44 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 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), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Aibonito, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Close 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 twenty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days nine hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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