A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020092031. Id of event: pr2020092031. Global time and date of event 01/04/20 / 2020-04-01 19:53:33 / April 1, 2020 @ 7:53 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.878 West, latitude 17.8531 North, depth = 12 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:53:33 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Comerío, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days ninety-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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