A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 30/04/20 / 2020-04-30 23:55:23 / April 30, 2020 @ 11:55 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.03 km (14 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.8464° West, 17.9511° North, depth 22.03 km. Unique identifier: us700097zn. Ids that are associated to the event: us700097zn. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:55:23 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cidra, Ceiba, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 5 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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