A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8766 West, latitude 17.8306 North, depth = 6 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020020016. Event ids that are associated: us60007b1l, pr2020020016. The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Global time and date of event 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 02:20:07 / January 20, 2020 @ 2:20 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 22:20:07 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (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 seventy-four, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty-four and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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