A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Liborio Negron Torres in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9352 West, latitude 18.0179 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008wqj. Unique identifier: us70008wqj. The temblor was detected at 08:47:26 / 8:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 12:47:26 / April 15, 2020 @ 12:47 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Baja, Corozal, Aibonito (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ninety-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km SSE of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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