A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/04/20 / 2020-04-08 10:34:16 / April 8, 2020 @ 10:34 am. Id of earthquake: us70008rju. Event ids that are associated: us70008rju. Exact location, longitude -66.9125° West, latitude 17.9194° North, depth = 10 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:34:16 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close 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 Vega Baja, Comerío, Corozal.
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 and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. 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: 5 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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