A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guayanilla in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 08/04/20 / 2020-04-08 17:00:12 / April 8, 2020 @ 5:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.779° West, 17.9783° North, depth 11 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020099023. Event ids that are associated: pr2020099023. The temblor was picked up at 13:00:12 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 18 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria, Arroyo.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 4 km SSE of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.
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