A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.9155° West, latitude 17.933° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 01:25:13 / July 28, 2020 @ 1:25 am. The 3.08-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:25:13 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020210001. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000b54a, pr2020210001.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Aibonito, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days two thousand, five hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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