A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.9026° West, latitude 17.9213° North, depth = 6 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 02:09:29 / April 12, 2020 @ 2:09 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008uhs, pr2020103001. Id of event: pr2020103001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:09:29 / 10:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Ceiba, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ninety-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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