A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 00:27:58 / 12:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020093008. Event ids that are associated: us70008l8i, pr2020093008. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8505 West, latitude 17.8306 North, depth = 12 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/04/20 / 2020-04-02 04:27:58 / April 2, 2020 @ 4:27 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Guayama, Cayey. Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 20 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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