A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9795° West, 17.9533° North, depth 8 km. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:46:59 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/04/20 / 2020-04-14 15:46:59 / April 14, 2020 @ 3:46 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020105015, us70008w26. Id of event: pr2020105015.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coco, Barranquitas, Manatí.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 8 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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