A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 09:58:04 / April 7, 2020 @ 9:58 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8398 West, latitude 17.9333 North, depth = 11 km. The 3.08-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:58:04 / 5:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2020098007. Event ids that are associated: pr2020098007.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Ceiba, Cidra (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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