A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/04/20 / 2020-04-01 18:12:01 / April 1, 2020 @ 6:12 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8938 West, latitude 17.9475 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020092026. Id of event: pr2020092026. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:12:01 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Comerío (min 5000 pop). Close 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days ninety-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 3 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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