A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:27:57 / 12:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8571 West, latitude 17.7888 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/04/20 / 2020-04-02 04:27:57 / April 2, 2020 @ 4:27 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us70008l8i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008l8i.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Aguadilla, Arecibo.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 eighteen, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 20 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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