A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1195 West, latitude 19.2295 North, depth = 71 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020093031. Unique identifier: pr2020093031. Global time and date of event 02/04/20 / 2020-04-02 19:29:28 / April 2, 2020 @ 7:29 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 15:29:28 / 3:29 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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