A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.971° West, 17.9648° North, depth 7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 21:22:23 / April 12, 2020 @ 9:22 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020103031. Unique identifier: pr2020103031. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:22:23 / 5:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fourty-eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km W of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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