A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Guanica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.87 West, latitude 17.8705 North, depth = 13 km. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:47:06 / 7:47 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020094028, us70008n70. Unique identifier: pr2020094028. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/04/20 / 2020-04-03 23:47:06 / April 3, 2020 @ 11:47 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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