A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Monday. Id of earthquake: pr2020027036. Event ids that are associated: pr2020027036. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 08:51:57 / January 27, 2020 @ 8:51 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 2.82-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:51:57 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.9905° West, 17.9203° North.
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). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days three hundred and six, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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