A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 21:59:27 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 01:59:27 / April 20, 2020 @ 1:59 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020111001, us7000907d. Id of event: pr2020111001. Exact location, longitude -66.8366° West, latitude 17.95° North, depth = 14 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14 km (9 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba.
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-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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