A minor earthquake magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/04/20 / 2020-04-27 17:21:15 / April 27, 2020 @ 5:21 pm. The 3.57-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:21:15 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009dcb, pr2020118016. Id of event: pr2020118016. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.861 West, latitude 17.8876 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arroyo, Ceiba, Vega Alta. Epicenter of the event was 30 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and two and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-eight 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: 12 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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