A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.873° West, latitude 17.8338° North, depth = 9 km. Event id: pr2020104010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020104010, us70008vh2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/04/20 / 2020-04-13 13:16:58 / April 13, 2020 @ 1:16 pm. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:16:58 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter).
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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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