A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/20 / 2020-08-04 00:10:04 / August 4, 2020 @ 12:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9625 West, latitude 17.9578 North, depth = 6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2020217003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020217003. The temblor was detected at 00:10:04 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, five hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 5 km SW of Fuig, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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