A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020112010. Unique identifier: pr2020112010. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:04:53 / 10:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.9348 West, latitude 17.9021 North, depth = 12 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/04/20 / 2020-04-21 14:04:53 / April 21, 2020 @ 2:04 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Manatí, Barceloneta. Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 8 km SSW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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