A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/04/20 / 2020-04-13 12:04:39 / April 13, 2020 @ 12:04 pm. Event id: pr2020104008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020104008. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8321 West, latitude 17.9315 North, depth = 11 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:04:39 / 8:04 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Antonio, Toa Alta, Ceiba.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days ninety-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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