A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Global time and date of event 09/04/20 / 2020-04-09 13:58:34 / April 9, 2020 @ 1:58 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Unique identifier: pr2020100012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020100012. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:58:34 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8463 West, latitude 17.9428 North, depth = 15 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Ceiba, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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