A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 15:01:24 / 3:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/04/20 / 2020-04-18 19:01:24 / April 18, 2020 @ 7:01 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.859 West, latitude 17.968 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020109024. Event ids that are associated: pr2020109024.
The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Cayey, Naranjito. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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