A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.9128 West, latitude 17.8328 North, depth = 4 km. The temblor was reported at 14:42:03 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020017089. Unique identifier: pr2020017089. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 18:42:03 / January 17, 2020 @ 6:42 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Morovis, Aibonito, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-five, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days seven hundred and one and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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