A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/20 / 2020-04-26 13:55:06 / April 26, 2020 @ 1:55 pm. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -66.769° West, 17.9883° North. The temblor was picked up at 09:55:06 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020117018. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020117018. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas, Ingenio (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days two hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico.
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