A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:56:00 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8721 West, latitude 17.889 North, depth = 13 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 02:56:00 / April 20, 2020 @ 2:56 am. Unique identifier: pr2020111004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020111004, us7000907z.
Epicenter of the event was 30 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cayey, Comerío, Corozal.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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