A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2020112000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020112000. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9595 West, latitude 17.9346 North, depth = 8 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:18:59 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/04/20 / 2020-04-21 00:18:59 / April 21, 2020 @ 12:18 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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