A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8851 West, latitude 17.9534 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 02:46:45 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70008xdi. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008xdi. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/20 / 2020-04-16 06:46:45 / April 16, 2020 @ 6:46 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 2 km S of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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