A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/04/20 / 2020-04-08 21:06:35 / April 8, 2020 @ 9:06 pm. Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -66.8676° West, 17.9506° North. Event id: pr2020099026. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020099026. The temblor was detected at 17:06:35 / 5:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Ceiba, Naranjito (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and two, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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