A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Monday. Global time and date of event 27/04/20 / 2020-04-27 20:11:19 / April 27, 2020 @ 8:11 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:11:19 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020118019. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020118019. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8626° West, 17.8653° North, depth 7 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cayey, Corozal, Comerío (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and four and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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