A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8963 West, latitude 17.9188 North, depth = 11 km. The temblor was reported at 08:58:42 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020103015. Event ids that are associated: pr2020103015. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 12:58:42 / April 12, 2020 @ 12:58 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cayey, Vega Baja, Comerío (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days ninety-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirteen 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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