A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.7655° West, latitude 17.98° North, depth = 12 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/04/20 / 2020-04-06 07:58:51 / April 6, 2020 @ 7:58 am. The temblor was reported at 03:58:51 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020097007. Id of event: pr2020097007. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Aguas Buenas, Candelaria Arenas (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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