A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. The temblor was reported at 03:15:28 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/05/20 / 2020-05-04 07:15:28 / May 4, 2020 @ 7:15 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 81 km (50 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.492 West, latitude 19.0905 North, depth = 81 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020125026. Unique identifier: pr2020125026.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and seventy-three 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.
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