A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.8973° West, latitude 17.9135° North, depth = 11 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:58:44 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020103014. Unique identifier: pr2020103014. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 11:58:44 / April 12, 2020 @ 11:58 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Alta, Naranjito, Cayey (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days ninety-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 6 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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