A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8941 West, latitude 17.8186 North, depth = 5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020098022. Unique identifier: pr2020098022. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 20:18:14 / April 7, 2020 @ 8:18 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:18:14 / 4:18 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela, Morovis, Aibonito (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ninety-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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