A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 22:13:05 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020103002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020103002. Global time and date of event 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 02:13:05 / April 12, 2020 @ 2:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -66.9061° West, latitude 17.929° North, depth = 6 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comerío, Corozal, Aibonito (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ninety-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 4 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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