A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -67.029 West, latitude 17.9005 North, depth = 8 km. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:05:41 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020018018. Id of event: pr2020018018. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/20 / 2020-01-18 01:05:41 / January 18, 2020 @ 1:05 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orocovis, Ciales, Coamo. Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-six, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days seven hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
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