A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: us70008l76. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008l76. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -66.9623° West, latitude 17.9228° North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 02/04/20 / 2020-04-02 03:36:04 / April 2, 2020 @ 3:36 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 23:36:04 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Barranquitas, Coco (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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