A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020105008. Id of event: pr2020105008. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -66.9306° West, 17.8048° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/04/20 / 2020-04-14 07:49:43 / April 14, 2020 @ 7:49 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 03:49:43 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Morovis, Aibonito, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ninety-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km S of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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