A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Exact location of event, depth 13 km, -66.9155° West, 17.9216° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/20 / 2020-07-25 19:27:04 / July 25, 2020 @ 7:27 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2020207007. Event ids that are associated: pr2020207007. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:27:04 / 7:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Comerío, Corozal, Aibonito (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 5 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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