A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Id of earthquake: pr2020093029. Event ids that are associated: pr2020093029. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/04/20 / 2020-04-02 18:49:45 / April 2, 2020 @ 6:49 pm. The temblor was detected at 14:49:45 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.9508° West, 17.9581° North, depth 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 eighty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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