A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -66.981 West, latitude 17.9421 North, depth = 9 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020103034. Id of event: pr2020103034. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). The 2.91-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:55:27 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 22:55:27 / April 12, 2020 @ 10:55 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coco, Barranquitas, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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