A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020092029. Unique identifier: pr2020092029. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:00:14 / 3:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/04/20 / 2020-04-01 19:00:14 / April 1, 2020 @ 7:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8436° West, 17.9583° North, depth 12 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, 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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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