A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Arroyo in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:38:44 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 2 km, -66.0693° West, 17.9601° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/04/20 / 2020-04-02 09:38:44 / April 2, 2020 @ 9:38 am. Unique identifier: pr2020093019. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020093019.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayanilla, Utuado, Barceloneta (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 1 km SW of Arroyo, Puerto Rico.
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