A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Puerto Rico kilometers (0 miles) from Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.8405° West, latitude 18.002° North, depth = 11 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020098028. Unique identifier: pr2020098028. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 23:02:05 / April 7, 2020 @ 11:02 pm. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:02:05 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Baja, Pájaros, Guayama.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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