A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Liborio Negron Torres in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 08:47:25 / 8:47 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020106006. Event ids that are associated: us70008wqj, pr2020106006. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 12:47:25 / April 15, 2020 @ 12:47 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.9451 West, latitude 17.9778 North, depth = 9 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Baja, Corozal, Aibonito (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ninety-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km SSE of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico.
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