A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/04/20 / 2020-04-01 07:09:27 / April 1, 2020 @ 7:09 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020092012. Id of event: pr2020092012. The temblor was reported at 03:09:27 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.7331° West, 17.9676° North, depth 12 km.
Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaynabo, Caguas, Bayamón.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days ninety-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
How would you describe the shaking?
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: 3 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply