A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 22:47:28 / April 12, 2020 @ 10:47 pm. Exact location, longitude -66.8121° West, latitude 17.9866° North, depth = 12 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Event id: pr2020103032. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020103032, us70008v5g. The temblor was detected at 18:47:28 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Arroyo, Candelaria Arenas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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