A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/20 / 2020-04-16 16:06:29 / April 16, 2020 @ 4:06 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:06:29 / 12:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.951° West, 17.9475° North, depth 9 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020107012. Event ids that are associated: pr2020107012.
Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 5 km WSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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