A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -66.899 West, latitude 17.9391 North, depth = 12 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020035002. Event ids that are associated: us60007p1t, pr2020035002. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/02/20 / 2020-02-04 01:32:01 / February 4, 2020 @ 1:32 am. The temblor was reported at 21:32:01 / 9:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Comerío, Corozal (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-four, in the past 30 days nine hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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