A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Monday. The temblor was reported at 15:05:07 / 3:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Global time and date of event 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 19:05:07 / April 20, 2020 @ 7:05 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020111022. Unique identifier: pr2020111022. Exact location of event, longitude -67.0061 West, latitude 17.9561 North, depth = 7 km.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Morovis, Manatí, Salinas (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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