A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2020101019. Event ids that are associated: pr2020101019. The temblor was picked up at 10:27:48 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8843 West, latitude 17.8348 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 10/04/20 / 2020-04-10 14:27:48 / April 10, 2020 @ 2:27 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela. Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ninety-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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