A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/03/20 / 2020-03-06 20:50:34 / March 6, 2020 @ 8:50 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8598 West, latitude 17.8671 North, depth = 13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2020066023. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020066023. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:50:34 / 4:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixty-eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. 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: 12 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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