A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.964 West, latitude 17.9328 North, depth = 12 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020093007. Event ids that are associated: us70008l7w, pr2020093007. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:04:48 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Global time and date of event 02/04/20 / 2020-04-02 04:04:48 / April 2, 2020 @ 4:04 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Barranquitas, Coco (min 5000 pop). 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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