A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:47:28 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 22:47:28 / April 12, 2020 @ 10:47 pm. Unique identifier: us70008v5g. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008v5g. Exact location of earthquake, -66.782° West, 17.9606° North, depth 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Campanilla, Toa Baja, Arroyo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days ninety-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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