A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:49:04 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.8656° West, latitude 17.8261° North, depth = 6 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020103009. Event ids that are associated: pr2020103009. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 05:49:04 / April 12, 2020 @ 5:49 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ninety-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 16 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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