A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/02/20 / 2020-02-06 13:31:39 / February 6, 2020 @ 1:31 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8881 West, latitude 17.8231 North, depth = 6 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020037016. Id of event: pr2020037016. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:31:39 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Morovis, Aibonito.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-three, in the past 30 days nine hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 16 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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