A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. Event id: pr2020112005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020112005. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/04/20 / 2020-04-21 05:34:49 / April 21, 2020 @ 5:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8631 West, latitude 17.9848 North, depth = 12 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). The 3.11-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:34:49 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, Guayama, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km ENE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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