A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Guayanilla in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.819° West, latitude 18.0261° North, depth = 11 km. The temblor was detected at 14:05:43 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 18:05:43 / January 30, 2020 @ 6:05 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Unique identifier: pr2020030042. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007k8y, pr2020030042.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arroyo, Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days nine hundred and four and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km WSW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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