A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020080004, us70008cp2. Unique identifier: pr2020080004. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/03/20 / 2020-03-20 04:35:09 / March 20, 2020 @ 4:35 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:35:09 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.8871° West, latitude 17.8216° North, depth = 12 km.
The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Cayey, Comerío (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, five hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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