A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 07:42:43 / January 1, 2020 @ 7:42 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2020001004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020001004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8755° West, 17.9178° North, depth 6 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:42:43 / 3:42 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Comerío, Corozal, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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