A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2020094022. Event ids that are associated: pr2020094022. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.7308° West, latitude 18.0181° North, depth = 14 km. Global time and date of event 03/04/20 / 2020-04-03 18:24:45 / April 3, 2020 @ 6:24 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 14:24:45 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Patillas, Guaynabo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eighty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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