A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8046 West, latitude 17.9476 North, depth = 13 km. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:11:49 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 04:11:49 / April 17, 2020 @ 4:11 am. Id of earthquake: pr2020108002. Event ids that are associated: pr2020108002. The epicenter was at a depth of 13 km (8 miles).
The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, Toa Alta, Ceiba (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 5 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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