A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 06:45:04 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8801 West, latitude 17.8631 North, depth = 12 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2020030027. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020030027. Global time and date of event 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 10:45:04 / January 30, 2020 @ 10:45 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela. The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days nine hundred and five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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