A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Santo Domingo in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 08/04/20 / 2020-04-08 19:12:34 / April 8, 2020 @ 7:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7765 West, latitude 18.0725 North, depth = 5 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020099024. Event ids that are associated: pr2020099024. The temblor was picked up at 15:12:34 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Patillas, Cataño, Caguas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and three, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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