A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Event id: pr2020079036. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020079036. The temblor was picked up at 19:16:56 / 7:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.9886 West, latitude 17.9261 North, depth = 7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/03/20 / 2020-03-19 23:16:56 / March 19, 2020 @ 11:16 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Barranquitas, Coco (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 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 fifty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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