A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -66.833 West, latitude 17.9566 North, depth = 12 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:52:33 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020094011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020094011. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/04/20 / 2020-04-03 04:52:33 / April 3, 2020 @ 4:52 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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