A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8718 West, latitude 17.835 North, depth = 12 km. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:54:35 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Global time and date of event 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 19:54:35 / April 12, 2020 @ 7:54 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2020103027. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020103027.
The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days ninety-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 15 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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