A minor earthquake magnitude 3.46 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/04/20 / 2020-04-28 21:08:04 / April 28, 2020 @ 9:08 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2020119021. Event ids that are associated: pr2020119021, us60009e9b. Exact location of earthquake, -67.6665° West, 18.962° North, depth 4 km. The 3.46-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:08:04 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Rincón, Aguadilla.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-seven 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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