A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 06/04/20 / 2020-04-06 17:06:26 / April 6, 2020 @ 5:06 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:06:26 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020097019. Event ids that are associated: pr2020097019. Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -66.842° West, 17.9293° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Vega Alta, Naranjito (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 7 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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