A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:07:39 / 6:07 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020092017. Unique identifier: pr2020092017. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/04/20 / 2020-04-01 10:07:39 / April 1, 2020 @ 10:07 am. Exact location of event, longitude -66.737 West, latitude 18.0041 North, depth = 7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caguas, Guaynabo, Levittown (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days ninety-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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