A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 24/04/20 / 2020-04-24 09:05:55 / April 24, 2020 @ 9:05 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:05:55 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020115010. Id of event: pr2020115010. Exact location of earthquake, -66.879° West, 17.9236° North, depth 7 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comerío, Corozal, Manatí (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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