A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 22:23:20 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 02:23:20 / April 5, 2020 @ 2:23 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.9206° West, 17.9688° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008p00. Unique identifier: us70008p00. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, Guayama, Toa Alta (min 5000 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-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 1 km WSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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