A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:20:12 / 3:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -66.7963° West, latitude 17.9931° North, depth = 15 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020096010, us70008p3k. Id of event: pr2020096010. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 07:20:12 / April 5, 2020 @ 7:20 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria, Dorado (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days seventy-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 0 km SW of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico.
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