A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/20 / 2020-04-24 19:27:17 / April 24, 2020 @ 7:27 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2020115020. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020115020. The 3.38-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:27:17 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.1653 West, latitude 18.9996 North, depth = 5 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, San Sebastián, Arecibo.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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