A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Guayanilla in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 07:08:19 / 7:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/04/20 / 2020-04-06 11:08:19 / April 6, 2020 @ 11:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -66.7941° West, latitude 17.9993° North, depth = 14 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020097013. Event ids that are associated: pr2020097013. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas, Arroyo. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days ninety-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km S of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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