A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/03/20 / 2020-03-27 15:40:40 / March 27, 2020 @ 3:40 pm UTC/GMT. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:40:40 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020087039, us70008h9y. Unique identifier: us70008h9y. Exact location, longitude -66.859° West, latitude 17.8561° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Cayey, Comerío. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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