A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:52:45 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.8497° West, 17.9751° North. Unique identifier: us70008pep. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008pep. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 18:52:45 / April 5, 2020 @ 6:52 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguas Buenas, Ingenio, Arroyo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days eighty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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