A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.0241 West, latitude 17.9471 North, depth = 5 km. Event id: pr2020019025. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020019025. The temblor was reported at 01:00:00 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 05:00:00 / January 19, 2020 @ 5:00 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Morovis, Manatí, Salinas.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty, in the last 10 days five hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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