A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 21:28:01 / April 7, 2020 @ 9:28 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8423° West, 17.84° North, depth 6 km. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:28:01 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020098023. Unique identifier: pr2020098023.
Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Corozal, Cayey (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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, seven hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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