A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020034022. Unique identifier: pr2020034022. The 3.22-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:12:54 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/02/20 / 2020-02-03 11:12:54 / February 3, 2020 @ 11:12 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8608 West, latitude 17.9711 North, depth = 14 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Alta, San Antonio, Guayama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days nine hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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