A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/04/20 / 2020-04-24 10:24:13 / April 24, 2020 @ 10:24 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:24:13 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020115012. Event ids that are associated: pr2020115012. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9946 West, latitude 17.9856 North, depth = 7 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Corozal, Aibonito. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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