A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 09:14:34 / April 20, 2020 @ 9:14 am. The temblor was detected at 05:14:34 / 5:14 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020111015. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020111015. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.9338° West, 17.9368° North, depth 10 km.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Barranquitas, Coco. Event epicenter was 35 km (22 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), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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