A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.607° West, 18.9764° North, depth 33.73 km. The temblor was detected at 16:08:04 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/04/20 / 2020-04-28 21:08:04 / April 28, 2020 @ 9:08 pm. Event id: us60009e9b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009e9b. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.73 km (21 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Aguada, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 75 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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