A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 15:19:29 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020022010. Unique identifier: pr2020022010. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/01/20 / 2020-01-22 19:19:29 / January 22, 2020 @ 7:19 pm. Exact location, longitude -67.0206° West, latitude 17.9131° North, depth = 6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 44 km (28 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barceloneta, Salinas, Orocovis (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days six hundred and ninety-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 7 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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