A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/04/20 / 2020-04-04 01:08:12 / April 4, 2020 @ 1:08 am UTC/GMT. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:08:12 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Event id: pr2020095000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008n8d, pr2020095000. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8418° West, 17.9345° North, depth 15 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Ceiba, Cidra (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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