A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ponce in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 04:10:56 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/02/20 / 2020-02-07 08:10:56 / February 7, 2020 @ 8:10 am. Exact location of earthquake, -66.6038° West, 17.9181° North, depth 5 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020038006. Event ids that are associated: pr2020038006. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Close 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 Isabela, Yabucoa, Cataño.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days eight hundred and eighty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 10 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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