A minor earthquake magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -65.4406° West, 18.097° North. The temblor was detected at 09:54:18 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Global time and date of event 16/04/20 / 2020-04-16 13:54:18 / April 16, 2020 @ 1:54 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020107007. Unique identifier: pr2020107007.
The epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Juan, Cataño, Cayey.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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