A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 04:26:28 / April 5, 2020 @ 4:26 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -66.9665° West, latitude 17.9356° North, depth = 9 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:26:28 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020096009. Id of event: pr2020096009.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coco, Barranquitas, Manatí. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event 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).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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