A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:03:20 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000983w. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000983w. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.5233° West, 18.9178° North. Global time and date of event 01/05/20 / 2020-05-01 07:03:20 / May 1, 2020 @ 7:03 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, Quebradillas, Moca. Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
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-three, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
How would you describe the shaking?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply