A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:04:40 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.796° West, 17.9146° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/20 / 2020-05-25 23:04:40 / May 25, 2020 @ 11:04 pm. Id of earthquake: us70009q8p. Event ids that are associated: us70009q8p.
Earthquake epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, San Antonio, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days two thousand and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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