A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8581° West, 17.9056° North, depth 12 km. Unique identifier: pr2020102020. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020102020. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Global time and date of event 11/04/20 / 2020-04-11 23:39:18 / April 11, 2020 @ 11:39 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:39:18 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naranjito, Vega Baja, Cayey.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ninety-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 8 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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