A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us700070k0. Unique identifier: us700070k0. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8657 West, latitude 17.7508 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/01/20 / 2020-01-14 23:27:37 / January 14, 2020 @ 11:27 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:27:37 / 7:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comerío, Barceloneta, Isabela. Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and seventy-two, in the past 30 days four hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 24 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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