A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 10:59:07 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -66.9985° West, 17.9566° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 27/03/20 / 2020-03-27 14:59:07 / March 27, 2020 @ 2:59 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2020087015. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020087015.
The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ninety-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 5 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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