A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020116011. Unique identifier: pr2020116011. Global time and date of event 25/04/20 / 2020-04-25 17:59:22 / April 25, 2020 @ 5:59 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8973° West, 17.933° North, depth 13 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:59:22 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Aibonito, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 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), 12 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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