A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/04/20 / 2020-04-10 12:11:41 / April 10, 2020 @ 12:11 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9691° West, 17.9703° North, depth 7 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:11:41 / 8:11 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020101016. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020101016.
Event epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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