A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Event id: pr2020330008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000csei, pr2020330008. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/20 / 2020-11-25 10:29:19 / November 25, 2020 @ 10:29 am. The 3.19-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:29:19 / 10:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8321 West, latitude 17.9415 North, depth = 11 km.
Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 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), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, San Antonio, Toa Alta (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, eight hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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