A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:31:05 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: pr2020031018. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020031018. Exact location, longitude -66.9611° West, latitude 17.8983° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 05:31:05 / January 31, 2020 @ 5:31 am.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Manatí, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-seven, in the past 30 days nine hundred and in the last 365 days one thousand and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 9 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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