A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2020117015. Event ids that are associated: pr2020117015. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/20 / 2020-04-26 12:19:37 / April 26, 2020 @ 12:19 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8186° West, 17.942° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 08:19:37 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra. The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and ten and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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