A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 22:44:51 / April 7, 2020 @ 10:44 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 18:44:51 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -66.9073° West, 17.982° North. Id of earthquake: pr2020098027. Event ids that are associated: pr2020098027.
The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comerío, Vega Baja, Corozal (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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