A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8345 West, latitude 17.8718 North, depth = 14 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/04/20 / 2020-04-19 13:28:25 / April 19, 2020 @ 1:28 pm. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:28:25 / 9:28 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020110014. Event ids that are associated: pr2020110014.
The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Naranjito, Guayama (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 13 km SE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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