A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/04/20 / 2020-04-18 13:15:14 / April 18, 2020 @ 1:15 pm. Exact location, longitude -66.7546° West, latitude 17.9468° North, depth = 9 km. The temblor was detected at 09:15:14 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020109015. Event ids that are associated: pr2020109015.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana Seca, Patillas, Ingenio (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km SW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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