A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 06:18:49 / April 17, 2020 @ 6:18 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9255 West, latitude 17.9363 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 02:18:49 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020108006. Id of event: pr2020108006.
Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Manatí, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km SSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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