A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:55:41 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 14/04/20 / 2020-04-14 10:55:41 / April 14, 2020 @ 10:55 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008vyx, pr2020105012. Unique identifier: pr2020105012. Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -67.0196° West, 17.9508° North.
The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barranquitas, Morovis, Manatí.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ninety-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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