A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 21:37:07 / April 7, 2020 @ 9:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8446 West, latitude 17.9663 North, depth = 12 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:37:07 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020098024. Id of event: pr2020098024.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cidra, Ceiba, Cayey. Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 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 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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