A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020103016. Unique identifier: pr2020103016. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:06:51 / 10:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.9255° West, latitude 17.8185° North, depth = 7 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 14:06:51 / April 12, 2020 @ 2:06 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Morovis, Aibonito, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days ninety-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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