A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8668° West, 17.9318° North, depth 11 km. Event id: pr2020099004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020099004. The temblor was detected at 21:43:36 / 9:43 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/04/20 / 2020-04-08 01:43:36 / April 8, 2020 @ 1:43 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cayey, Vega Baja, Comerío (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and two, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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