A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Palomas in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/04/20 / 2020-04-14 05:08:08 / April 14, 2020 @ 5:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8605 West, latitude 18.0031 North, depth = 11 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020105006. Event ids that are associated: pr2020105006. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 01:08:08 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria, Campanilla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ninety-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 1 km SE of Palomas, Puerto Rico.
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