A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:47:12 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020105009. Id of event: pr2020105009. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/04/20 / 2020-04-14 08:47:12 / April 14, 2020 @ 8:47 am. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8801 West, latitude 17.8535 North, depth = 13 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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