A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 04:50:07 / January 17, 2020 @ 4:50 am. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:50:07 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020017033. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020017033. Exact location, longitude -67.0045° West, latitude 17.9371° North, depth = 5 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barranquitas, Manatí, Morovis. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-five, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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