A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 18:05:03 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8435 West, latitude 17.9205 North, depth = 11 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020147018. Event ids that are associated: pr2020147018. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/05/20 / 2020-05-26 22:05:03 / May 26, 2020 @ 10:05 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra. Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days two thousand and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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