A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/03/20 / 2020-03-23 20:08:25 / March 23, 2020 @ 8:08 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:08:25 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020083017. Id of event: pr2020083017. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8558° West, 17.8755° North, depth 8 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cayey, Corozal, Comerío. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 30 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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