A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -66.8443° West, 17.9403° North. Unique identifier: pr2020119014. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020119014. The 3.31-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:07:00 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/20 / 2020-04-28 17:07:00 / April 28, 2020 @ 5:07 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, San Antonio, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and four and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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