A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. Event id: pr2020016102. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020016102. Global time and date of event 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 19:17:08 / January 16, 2020 @ 7:17 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.0133° West, 17.9278° North, depth 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:17:08 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Morovis, Barceloneta (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and ninety-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and sixty-seven, in the past 30 days six hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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