A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 08:21:45 / 8:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/04/20 / 2020-04-25 12:21:45 / April 25, 2020 @ 12:21 pm. Event id: pr2020116010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020116010, us60009c6f. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.842 West, latitude 17.9125 North, depth = 12 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Cidra, Guayama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 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 six, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 7 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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