A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 22:07:55 / January 16, 2020 @ 10:07 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us700071b0, pr2020016117. Unique identifier: pr2020016117. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.9915° West, latitude 17.9406° North, depth = 7 km. The temblor was detected at 18:07:55 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and ninety-two, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-three, in the past 30 days six hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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