A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020096008. Id of event: pr2020096008. The temblor was picked up at 03:03:35 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 07:03:35 / April 5, 2020 @ 7:03 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9138 West, latitude 17.9475 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comerío, Vega Baja, Corozal (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 2 km SSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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