A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 28/04/20 / 2020-04-28 20:37:58 / April 28, 2020 @ 8:37 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 16:37:58 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8336 West, latitude 17.858 North, depth = 5 km. Unique identifier: pr2020119020. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020119020.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corozal, Cayey, Comerío.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and four and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SSE of Guanica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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