A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/04/20 / 2020-04-26 11:21:13 / April 26, 2020 @ 11:21 am. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:21:13 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8443 West, latitude 17.9131 North, depth = 12 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020117012. Unique identifier: pr2020117012.
Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 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). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Guayama, Vega Alta.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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