A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/03/20 / 2020-03-30 08:12:41 / March 30, 2020 @ 8:12 am. Unique identifier: pr2020090004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020090004, us70008ijr. Exact location of earthquake, -66.896° West, 17.9325° North, depth 5 km. The temblor was reported at 04:12:41 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naranjito, Vega Alta, Cayey. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 9 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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