A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.953 West, latitude 17.9515 North, depth = 9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/04/20 / 2020-04-03 14:24:32 / April 3, 2020 @ 2:24 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2020094018. Event ids that are associated: pr2020094018. The temblor was reported at 10:24:32 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Aibonito, Coco.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eighty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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