A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Boqueron in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 14:03:37 / April 5, 2020 @ 2:03 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2020096022. Event ids that are associated: pr2020096022. The epicenter was at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.2411° West, latitude 18.0201° North, depth = 41 km. The temblor was detected at 10:03:37 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Florida, Estancias de Florida, Villalba (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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