A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 03:19:27 / January 17, 2020 @ 3:19 am UTC/GMT. The 3.22-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:19:27 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.9816 West, latitude 17.9561 North, depth = 5 km. Unique identifier: pr2020017022. Ids that are associated to the event: us700071g1, pr2020017022.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-five, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days six hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Questions or comments?
Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 6 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply