A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -66.822° West, latitude 17.946° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020093024. Unique identifier: pr2020093024. The temblor was picked up at 11:09:17 / 11:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 02/04/20 / 2020-04-02 15:09:17 / April 2, 2020 @ 3:09 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Ceiba, Cidra. The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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