A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8558 West, latitude 17.8855 North, depth = 11 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:01:35 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020113020. Id of event: pr2020113020. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/20 / 2020-04-22 16:01:35 / April 22, 2020 @ 4:01 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Vega Baja, Naranjito (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 10 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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