A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Event id: pr2020106009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020106009. Exact location of earthquake, -66.913° West, 17.9523° North, depth 11 km. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:07:57 / 12:07 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 16:07:57 / April 15, 2020 @ 4:07 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Alta, Comerío, Vega Baja. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ninety-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 2 km SSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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