A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18 km (11 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020067025. Unique identifier: pr2020067025. The temblor was picked up at 14:36:33 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/03/20 / 2020-03-07 18:36:33 / March 7, 2020 @ 6:36 pm. Exact location of event, depth 18 km, -66.8158° West, 17.9988° North.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dorado, Campanilla, Toa Baja.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days seventy-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days one thousand, five hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 0 km NE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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