A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/04/20 / 2020-04-19 20:05:07 / April 19, 2020 @ 8:05 pm. Unique identifier: us70009032. Ids that are associated to the event: us70009032. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.7469° West, 18.0013° North. The temblor was detected at 16:05:07 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayamón, Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 2 km SE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico.
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