A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 6 km, -66.8796° West, 17.912° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020001009. Unique identifier: pr2020001009. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:07:26 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 12:07:26 / January 1, 2020 @ 12:07 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Comerío, Corozal, Manatí (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 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), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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