A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 11:20:02 / April 12, 2020 @ 11:20 am. Id of earthquake: pr2020103012. Event ids that are associated: pr2020103012. Exact location, longitude -66.8145° West, latitude 17.9663° North, depth = 12 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:20:02 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguas Buenas, Ingenio, Candelaria Arenas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days ninety-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 3 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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