A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 05:24:43 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020096015. Unique identifier: pr2020096015. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 09:24:43 / April 5, 2020 @ 9:24 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8395 West, latitude 17.9763 North, depth = 14 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 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 (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Alta, San Antonio, Guayama.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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