A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/04/20 / 2020-04-24 10:55:07 / April 24, 2020 @ 10:55 am. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -66.9936° West, 17.9501° North. The temblor was picked up at 06:55:07 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020115013. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020115013.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 32 km (20 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), 18 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coco, Barranquitas, Manatí (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 6 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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