A minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -66.8928° West, latitude 17.9113° North, depth = 13 km. The temblor was detected at 09:52:32 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/04/20 / 2020-04-22 13:52:32 / April 22, 2020 @ 1:52 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2020113013. Event ids that are associated: pr2020113013. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Alta, Naranjito, Cayey (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 6 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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