A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9218 West, latitude 17.8133 North, depth = 8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 15:46:39 / April 12, 2020 @ 3:46 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 11:46:39 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020103021. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020103021.
Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Morovis, Aibonito, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and one 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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