A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 09:05:13 / January 1, 2020 @ 9:05 am. The temblor was reported at 05:05:13 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.863 West, latitude 17.9051 North, depth = 5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020001006. Unique identifier: pr2020001006.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cayey, Comerío, Corozal (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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